[BushRep]

The Liutenant Govenor of Kentucky has been indicted for defrauding Medicare and Medicaid.

Looks like Patton is finished, so is Henry.

I think we will pick up that Governorship next year.

What we need to do in California is get somebody right now who is ready and willing to run. I would prefer a Congressman or Congresswoman.

[ER_in_OC,CA]

The consensus top choice (here in So. Cal) for a person to challenge Boxer is Congressman Chris Cox. He is an articulate Reagan Republican with an axe to grind against Boxer.

Here is my memory: during the Bush transition, he was rumored to be a candidate for a Federal Court Bench appointment, but Boxer & Feinstein blue-slipped/blocked him. (Someone correct my memory.)

In the aftermath, Cox made a veiled comment about how that decision could come back to haunt Boxer. (not his words exactly).