Liberal translation: "I won."
BTW, let's remind everyone how "hard" Boxer worked to get that title.
1. In 19992, Barbara Boxer was ahead of Bruce Herschensohn by one point with four days to go, and Herschensohn was rising in the finals days of polling. Then the Boxer campaign (via smear merchant Bob Mulholland) alleged that Herschenson "frequented" strip clubs in Los Angeles. Herschenson denied the "frequent" charge, saying he went once on a business trip, but the smear was enough to give Boxer a five-point win. Boxer subsequently "denounced" Mulholland's tactics, the CA Democrat Party "suspended" Mulholland, and then quietly reinstated him a few weeks later.
2. In 1998, Barbara Boxer was losing to Matt Fong (son of Secretary of State March Fong Eu) by double digits two weeks before the election. The Boxer campaign then leaked information that Fong once donated money to an anti-gay group, and Fong plummeted in the polls. Boxer squeaked by to win.
-PJ
3. In 2004, Barbara Boxer was ahead of Bill Jones by double digits. The San Francisco Chronical ran a story headlined "Boxer finds herself in unfamiliar territory -- riding high in polls." I seem to recall that Bill Jones ran maybe one ad during that campaign, otherwise he was hardly seen at all.
-PJ
"Politics ain't beanbag." That stuff actually doesn't sound so extreme to me in comparison to many political campaigns although I can see there is some element of sleaze. It sounds like there was some truth in both charges. When Nixon was once questioned about how he could justify using similar tactics he said, "You don't understand. The point is to win." (Maybe he's not such a good example.)
Yep. And by my math, she’s coming up for re-election in 2010.
Let’s roll, shall we?