The middle class in California have moved to other states in big numbers. What you have left are poor immigrants (legal & not legal) and the elite Hollyweird bunch and the super rich from the business world.
There isn't much of a chance for a republican to get elected with those odds, sadly!
There's a chance,but the Republican is going to be flawed. A social liberal, but fiscal conservative. Then of course, the Republican candidate and their family must be as clean as the wind-driven snow.
Or you can be like Carly and be conservative - and still lose to someone like Boxer.
I haven't seen any negative adds from Fiorina against Boxer. God knows there is enough material.