As he waited 29 days, sweating out the vote counting in what turned out to be a razor-thin loss to Tom McClintock, Charlie Brown never got an opportunity to take a bow and thank his supporters face to face.
So Sunday night, the Placer County Democratic Party held a tribute for Brown, the retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who ran twice for Congress in one of California's reddest counties - losing to Rep. John Doolittle by 3 points in 2006 and to McClintock by .3 in 2008.
At the Jefferson-Jackson dinner at the Blue Goose Fruit Shed in Loomis, Brown and his wife, Jan, were honored as photographs flashed of Brown and supporters during four years of campaigning. The production was accompanied by songs from Bruce Springsteen's "No Surrender" to Neil Young's "Long May You Run."
And then Brown stirred huge cheers when he hinted he might have the stamina for one more try for Congress in 2010.
"We'll see what happens over the next few months - and whether you'll have the opportunity to get into any pictures again," Brown said.
In an interview, Brown said he is still mulling his prospects. He said he expects to decide by this fall.
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