TARP Chief Explores Bid for California Governor

Neel Kashkari (R), the former assistant Treasury secretary who oversaw the TARP bank bailout in the Bush administration, is mulling a bid against California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) in what would be his first political campaign, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

“Kashkari — who is pro-choice, favors same-sex marriage rights and voted for Barack Obama in 2008 — is talking like a candidate on a mission to rebrand a California Republican Party that is tired of losing.”