It'll go to Michelle Obama.
Posted on 12/08/2014 10:29:19 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A parade of ambitious California public figures, who’ve spent years itching for a shot at the state’s top political offices, are anticipating a shake-up of the state’s political hierarchy that could begin in a matter of weeks with the possible retirement of Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer. And some big names — including the mayor of Los Angeles — are already sizing up possible bids to succeed her.
Sources close to Boxer, 74, say the outspoken liberal senator will decide over the holidays whether to seek reelection in 2016 and will announce her plans shortly after the new year. Few of her friends believe she will run for a fifth term. Boxer has stopped raising money and is not taking steps to assemble a campaign. With Republicans taking over the Senate, she is about to relinquish her chairmanship of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
If she were to step aside, it would be the first big crack in the state’s upper political ranks in years. The last time the governorship was open was in 2010, when Jerry Brown, now 76, romped in a return to the job he first held more than three decades earlier. Boxer and California’s other senator, Democrat Dianne Feinstein, 81, were elected in 1992.
For a backlog of up-and-coming pols, their opportunity may finally be arriving — and it will be very hard to to pass up.
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I wonder how much her total yearly pension will be?
200,000? More?
The Ruling Class
She’ll be replaced by a Democrat.
And there is no shortage of aspirants to her seat.
Kamala Harris has the inside track.
RE: She’ll be replaced by a Democrat.
Yep, I’d say the majority of California is a LOST CAUSE.
Republicans ran Carly Fiorina against Boxer in 2010 with high hopes that the former HP exec would put a dent in Boxer’s support among women.
Boxer wasn’t terribly popular at the time among Californians, with various polls putting her in the mid-40s before the election. She still won by 10 points in a Republican wave midterm election.
It'll go to Michelle Obama.
RE: It’ll go to Michelle Obama.
So, she’s establishing residency in California now?
I wonder which city and which suburb...
The Wookiee needs a Pension
Given the nature of CA politics, unless something dramatic or unpredictable should occur, there is no reason to believe that Boxer would be replaced by anyone with a different outlook.
RE: The Wookiee needs a Pension
Just how many Wookie’s are there in the Democratic party anyway?
The state is totally lost right now....
I'd be surprised if it turns around during my lifetime.
I’d heard she was running vs Mark Kirk, but a Republican won Gov in Illinois so she might figure it’s not a slam dunk anymore.
Obviously in California she’d be a lock.
http://www.newsmax.com/US/Obama-California-home-real-estate/2014/07/22/id/584103/
They already have a house there.
Rumor has it she'll be located at the Baraq Hussein Obama Presidential Library & Choom Gang Museum.
Wendy Davis would be an obvious one if she relo'd from TX.
Sandy Fluke (although she failed to win for the state office).
There are plenty of California Democrats who are dumber than and more obnoxious than Barbara Boxer. Expect worse to come.
I do think Rep. Nancy Pelosi may be approaching retirement, too.
Palm Springs area, on a golf course.
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