If I was running against her I would repeat "Are you Californians better off today than when Boxer first became senator ?"
good point
Good opener, but you need to highlight her NUMEROUS transgressions, like bouncing 420 checks at the House Bank. The worlds champion bad check writer in DC history. ;-)
Then nail her on tax increases.
Where else but Bell, Ca could a mayor collect $800K annually and travel under the radar? Well, almost anywhere in this state, though not quite as egregiously. Don't fret too much for the 'retired' guy down the street with a tough of grey as he will likely collect 90+% of his salary for the rest of his life (not to mention benefits) if he spent any time working for the state.
I don't think this public abuse of the system is sustainable but certain politicians will campaign on it to garner votes. Now THAT is sustainable!
California is possibly beyond the tipping point- those on the dole vs those who must pay for it. If that's the case, no Republican will get elected to any office of significance to change this. Schwartzenneger was a fluke.
The entrenched statists and domestic socialists have seen to bankrupting one of the most abundant and beautiful states in the Union. Businesses are boarded-up throughout our cities, homes lie vacant on our streets, and trees die of thirst in our orchards. Yet, our legislature can't seem to find a way to cut government expenses and balance a budget, much less do anything about these problems.
Boxer and Brown (B+B) will represent the public unions, and those who rely on tax revenues to survive. Whitman and Fiorina are private-sector entreprenuers and will represent businesses who produce those things that create wealth, which is taxed, and funds the group that B+B wish to represent.
Businesses are hurting and the state responds with furloughs? Hardly enough to close the budget gap, so for anyone doing business in this state, tax increases will be coming (as cuts apparently can't be made) and will come harder. By that, I mean you'll see new taxes and new collection methods to ensure compliance. Example: VAT taxes, Service taxes, etc. Hire a gardner? Remit 20% of any payment for said service to the state.
After B+B win in November, I'll just wait for the state to devolve into the statist/socialist police state that is inevitable. East Germany and Cuba will have nothing on us. "Papers please!" will become rudimentary.
This is off-topic, but it recently occurred to me that Carly Fiorina’s name, when pronounced normally, sounds similar to how The Governator pronounces California (Kahleefornyuh).
I realize this is bizarre, stupid, and irrelevant, but I just had to share.
:^)
This type of arrangement gives the edge to Barbara Boxer who can sit back and read a teleprompter for the answers. I wonder if she even had the questions in advance? It all seems fishy to me.