No. He should move to California and run against Boxer.
One of the Kalifornia papers did a study about Babs, and was very convincing in the opinion that she's ready to hang it up....virtually no $$ in her larder, with no signs of looking for any -- and in the past she's been a notorious self-fundraiser.
My guess is that Gavin Newsome or L.A.'s former mayor Villar will fill the void.