Posted on 01/22/2010 12:47:17 PM PST by La Enchiladita
Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts suggests that there may not be many "safe" Democratic seats in Congress among those that will be contested this year. For example, Republicans are hoping to defeat Sen. Barbara Boxer in California. In fact, Boxer herself has suggested that her seat is far from safe.
Bruce Kesler argues, however, that "Boxer doth protest too much and is actually trying to get California Democrats revved up early, which Coakley failed to do in Massachusetts." According to Kesler, California is not Massachusetts. For one thing, "the percentage of Independent registrations is much lower than in Massachusetts, and the percent of Democrat registrations much higher -- 44% Dem, 31% Rep, 20% Indep vs about 50% registered Independent in Mass." For another, Hispanics make up a substantial part of the California electorate and might be solidly behind Boxer this fall, come what may.
Kesler agrees that Boxer can be beat, however, and polls suggest that this dream is not so far-fetched. In a recent Rasmussen poll of California voters, Boxer was favored by only 46 percent of respondents regardless of which of her Republican challengers she was pitted against. Former Hewlett-Packard executive Carly Fiorina got 43 percent against Boxer; former U.S. Rep. Tom Campbell received 42 percent; and State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore got 40 percent.
...The problem lies with nominating a candidate who can crush Boxer among independents while still pulling in around 90 percent of Republicans. But if the economy doesn't improve substantially and if the Democrats don't moderate their approach to governing, this problem may take care of itself.
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
She needs Obama to campaign for her.
I haven’t lived in California in years, but I think the chances of dethroning Babs, even in a remarkably poor economic climate, is slim. Arnold - who clearly isn’t a conservative - was only successful because Gray Davis was so deeply despised. I don’t sense that same dissatisfaction with Boxer from the Dems, as they felt for Davis. Boxer, while wildly hated by the Republicans, remains popular with the Dems and their Union henchmen, which will probably be enough to save her.
Plus, it’s unbelievable how much her fans worship her. Shows you what we have to contend with here. I think our chances of knocking Pelosi out of power are better. Yes, she is San Fran Nan, but if we can take back the House overall, she is no longer Speaker.
Meg Whitman: Romney handpicked me and "I'm A Huge Fan Of Van Jones"
She is conspicuously anti-military (recall her "ma'am" public ridicule of Brigadier General Walsh for not calling her "senator".)
Boxer's handlers will do whatever they can to avoid debate as Boxer lacks a reasonable facility with well-chosen words and phrases.
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You’re so clever and cute, don’t forget to congratulate yourself. Pssst! We’re discussing the Senate race here, not the Governor race.
Clever and cute about what?
I am a California voter and I gave a very, very short post on the leading Republican Governor's race candidate, how in the heck did that so upset you that you, that you had to try and insult me?
Awwww, did the widdle Romney-basher get his widdle feewings hurt? Awwww.....
The real trick is to run an independent to the left of Nancy Pelosi......though we may have to unearth Marx and Engels to find such a candidate. Nothing could be finer than seeing the san fran nan in the unemployment line......
Seriously, what is wrong with you?
Personal attacks are not called for.
Great plan. I like it! Although I do understand the difficulty (wink).
If you can go further South than the South pole you may be able to find a position to the left of Pelosi.
When donkey’s fly!!
Wow. Two strikes against her in 30 seconds. Climate change and Van Jones.
Now I don’t know who I’m going to vote for.
Why in the world would you bang on ansell for posting that video. I for one am glad he did.
Ping me if she ever answers you.
In the context of this thread, her response to you was rather bizarre...You two have some history? ;)
At first it puzzled me, but then I recalled that the name ‘Romney’ was in my post, enchilada is a fanatical Romneybot. She is almost cult like in her devotion to the man.
Or maybe it was devotion to Meg Whitman, without a response from her we can’t be sure, all we can know is that it had something to do with loyalty to a liberal republican.
Well, as I said, it was bizarre, but I thank you for posting the vid.
The Van Jones thing, I think, could be excused because he is a very impressive guy...if you don’t know what he really stands for. So giving her the benefit of the doubt, it would be an interesting question to ask her now.
However, the climate change thing is disturbing. Simply taking the Arctic trip because of climate change indicates that she has bought into the theory, which, IMO, is mindless.
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