Pro-Abortion Boxer Leads Pro-Life Carly Fiorina in California by Five Percent

Lifenews ^ | 6/11/10 | Steve Ertelt

[pissant]

Sacramento, CA (LifeNews.com) -- The first poll coming out of California following Tuesday's primary election, where pro-life candidate Carly Fiorina is taking on stalwart abortion activist Sen. Barbara Boxer, shows Fiorina trailing by five percent. The race will likely become one of the marquee battles for the pro-life movement in 2010.

The new Rasmussen Reports poll shows both Boxer and Fiorina received small bumps in their numbers after he Tuesday election.

Now, its survey of likely voters has Boxer picking up 48% support over Fiorina’s 43% and another 5 percent support another candidate while five percent are undecided.

Support for both nominees is at its highest level so far this year as the last poll conducted before the primary election had Boxer with a 45 to 38 percent lead over Fiorina.

"Before the Republican Primary, Fiorina was running worse than primary opponent Tom Campbell, a former congressman. But Fiorina came up strong on Tuesday, picking up 56% of the vote over Campbell’s 22%," Rasmussen notes.

Boxer, who is seeking a fourth six-year term, has yet to reach the 50% level of support in the general election -- a critical mark for incumbents

[wiggen]

They don’t have the messiah at the top of the ticket either. That has to be worth 5-6 points against the dems.

[Nachoman]

I wonder how many voted for Fiorina because they thought she was punk.

[pissant]

LOL. That would have been my strategy if I were a rat.

[MrB]

Boxer is on record that she thinks that babies aren’t entitle to have their lives protected until the family takes them home from the hospital.

You ask your average “pro-choicer” if that’s what they want to support, and they’ll say no, but they’ll support her anyway.

[LibLieSlayer]

Just put a stake in the heart of kalifornicate.

LLS

[Jim Robinson]

I’d rather not install yet another abortion voting RINO. If she refuses to fully defend our fundamental God-given unalienable right to life, then she can’t be trusted to defend any of our other rights.

[truthguy]

“that’s about as close is Carly will get.”
Ditto.

So what's your point? Most on this site supported DeVore and he surely would have done worse in the polling than Boxer. This is why I supported Tom Campbell. I supported him because he appeals to moderates and even the some of the few sane Democrats left. I've been roundly slammed for my support of Campbell. People have called me out for supporting a liberal (what a joke that is) and a RINO (also a joke). I supported him because he did best at polling against Boxer. It's just that simple. We will have to get our hard core conservatives form Alabama and Texas and the like. A moderately conservative like Tom Campbell is the best we can do in California. BUT there are many on this site who think it's better to lose with Fiorina or DeVore than win with Campbell. They are sickos.

[Grunthor]

Not one of the three people running as Republicans would beat Boxer. It has nothing to do with their conservatism or lackthereof, it has to do with the fact that the state in question is Kalifornia and they ALL have “R” following their names.

[Grunthor]

Not one of the three people running as Republicans would beat Boxer. It has nothing to do with their conservatism or lackthereof, it has to do with the fact that the state in question is Kalifornia and they ALL have “R” following their names.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

A couple years ago I would have agreed with what you say. Its why I argued that Arnold should win the GOP nomination for governor. Today I seriously wonder whether it would have been better to let the Dems have the office. Crist is another good example of what would have been a disaster if he won the GOP nomination. There has to be a balancing act between purity and electability.

Having said that, while I’d like to belive otherwise, I suspect this is as close as Carly is going to get to Boxer. California’s electorate is still living in fantasyland.

[ShandaLear]

There’s a lot of time before November. Anything can happen.

[pissant]

No, he would be polling about the same now as Fiorina. Afterall, he was actually polling as well or better against babs throughout the primary. The difference is there is nothing the dems could do to attack DeVore that would be useful. Carly is as target rich environment as they come.

[CORedneck]

I wonder how many democrats crossed over and voted for Carly ?

[BubbaJunebug]

“Anti-Babs commercials should be such fun.

Nationalize the issues to have all eyes on CA...remind that as it goes, so goes the nation.”

...Yes!...Demon Sheep with bad hair...make that SHORT Demon Sheep with bad hair

[truthguy]

I suspect the right is more motivated this year and while most don’t like Fiorina having Boxer back is far worse. Let them run all the polls they want and we’ll see just who shows up to vote this year.

I hate to ruin your day, but year by year the polls are getting better. I heard the same thing before the 2008 election on this site. The polls are wrong. The polls are rigged. No, the polls were right on the money and they get better year by year. Now it's still early and things can change but remember that California is still a very Democratic state. There are over 1 million more registered Democrats than Republicans. And that's not a poll. We had a excellent chance with Campbell but the voters didn't see it that way. Neither Fiorina or DeVore polled well against Boxer. In fact DeVore did horrible. But Campbell won in the polls against Boxer! So what did we do? We put up the candidate who didn't win against Boxer. Brilliant! This is why many refer to the Republicans as the Stupid Party.

[pissant]

Neither Fiorina or DeVore polled well against Boxer. In fact DeVore did horrible.

Not true. Both polled about the same. 3-6 points behind Babs.

[agooga]

She’ll get my vote— I want Boxer at virtually any price.

[agooga]

Boxer OUT at any price.

[Jim Robinson]

Well, I won’t be selling my soul to get her out.

[agooga]

That’s cool. I am not guided by the same principles as you.