Suggest you learn more about DeVore before judging him. Carly will not get tea-party votes. And, frankly, 2010 looks to be a Republican year so someone as new as Chuck just might pull off a win.
I admit that Washington state elected two women, both of whom had zero political experience (Patty Murray and Liz Cantwell), but they are both air-headed liberals — Cantwell was a successful businesswoman like Carly and Murray was — well, to be polite, let’s just say she’s the only member of the US Senate whose seat was awarded on a low-IQ affirmative action scholarship.
That calculus might also work in California if Carly were a liberal and we were trying to beat a conservative. But the opposite is the case. And Hispanic voters, especially men, are fundamentally conservative and would be willing to flip for someone like Chuck. They flipped for Reagan, too, in the 1980s.
There's not much hope here in Silicon Valley. This area sometimes votes more left than San Francisco! When we visited San Diego and the surrounding areas last summer, we felt like we had left the state. Not sure how much longer it will be like this for San Diego, but we can see ourselves moving there in a few years when we retire.