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Fresh off of his dead-heat showing against Carly "Annnn-ti-ci-paaaaaa-tion" Simon-Fiorina in the latest Field Poll, Orange County Assemblyman Chuck DeVore has a new bunch of friends: California's Tea Partiers. ... T.P. love may be a boon in June's GOP primary. But what will that mean in the general election, should Chuck D. get that far? As UC-Berkeley political science prof Henry Brady told us the other day, "I don't see where reaching out to the tea party people helps. That's the fringe of the far right," Brady said. "(Republicans) need to reach out to the decline-to-state voters in the middle."

Is it Carly's or Macy's? Have you seen the new Carly Fiorina mini flier? As CA GOP vice chair -- and host of the FlashReport conservative blog -- Jon Fleischman quipped to us: "It looks like a Macy's ad." Hey, we've heard of retail politics, Carly, but this is taking it to a new level. Here's the flier for C-rina's exploratory Senate campaign: Carly's rival Chuck DeVore just dropped an online ad goofing on her Carlyfornia signs, which we noted the other day...

Calif. GOP looks to 2010 races for gov., US Senate INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) -- The Republican race to challenge liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer for her U.S. Senate seat next year is shaping up as a likely contest between a socially conservative state lawmaker and a former Silicon Valley chief executive whose views are barely known to GOP voters in the state. Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard chief executive and John McCain confidante, is not yet an official candidate, but she has registered a campaign committee, "Carly for California," and her team had a strong presence at this weekend's statewide...

Why do reports show DeVore outspending Fiorina? Republican political logic says that Carly Fiorina is a better candidate than Chuck DeVore because she can spend more money on a campaign challenging incumbent Democratic U.S Senator Barbara Boxer. Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, is a multi-millionaire. DeVore, an Orange County Assemblyman, has a reputation as a weak fundraiser. So why is it that DeVore reported spending $5,000 within a week of announcing his candidacy while Fiorina, with her phalanx of consultants, says she hasn’t hit that mark in six weeks? At this point, Fiorina says she is only exploring a...

After last weekend's California Republican Party convention, a spokeswoman for potential Senate candidate Carly Fiorina dissed the results of rival Chuck DeVore's self-commissioned straw poll, telling CNN's Peter Hamby: "Let me get this straight, you want me to comment on a Chuck DeVore straw poll that was conducted in the DeVore hospitality suite on Saturday night with a bunch of college Republicans and a lot of free beer flowing?" Beer and college students may go together like Republicans and no-tax pledges, but can candidates really capture conservative students' support with an abundance of ale? Not so easily, according to Michael...

Al Gore attacks Chuck DeVore for Barbara Boxer! A friend of our campaign just forwarded a remarkable email to us. It was from Al Gore. The email from the former Vice President was a financial appeal to Barbara Boxer’s supporters. Al Gore says this about Chuck DeVore: “Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, is already campaigning hard across California. He voted against AB 32, the landmark global warming legislation…” Al Gore is right, Chuck DeVore voted against AB 32 – and debated against it – and fought tooth and nail against its implementation every step of the way. Because, unlike Al Gore, Chuck...

Election 2010: California Senate 2010 California Senate: Boxer Beats Fiorina, DeVore So far, so good for incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer in match-ups against her two best-known Republican opponents to date in California’s 2010 race for the U.S. Senate. A new Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 survey of the contest in California shows Boxer now beating former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina by 10 points 49% to 39%. Four percent (4%) like some other candidate, and eight percent (8%) are not sure how they will vote. In July, Boxer led Fiorina by just four but had a 47% to 38% lead in March....

Carly Fiorina's exploratory GOP Senate run got some love Tuesday from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) -- that's a national party group that decides which races to toss its money to. In a state-of-the-race memo sent to GOP senators Tuesday, Sen John Cornyn praised... "...two strong female candidates -- Kelly Ayotte in New Hampshire and Carly Fiorina in California -- continue to seriously consider bids of their own, and both poll closely with their respective Democrat opponents without having formally entered their races." But you gotta love the response from Carla's potential rival, Orange County Assemblyman Chuck DeVore: "I...

It's been a bumpy ride for Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard who's planning to run against Barbara Boxer for her Senate seat in California. First there were questions about whether a company she claimed to run actually existed; then there were issues about her voting record -- or lack thereof -- and now it's emerged that under her leadership and despite a trade embargo, HP somehow found a way to sell a lot of printers and other tech gear in Iran. Of course, Fiorina's campaign (now accustomed to damage control) insists that everything was utterly above-board, and it...

How do you run for California's top political offices when you often have failed to vote yourself and have no political experience? Some big names in the GOP have rallied behind former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina as she eyes a run against Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman as she prepares to run for governor. They see attractive candidates with high name identification, impressive personal resumes and deep pockets. But both former CEOs have a boardroom-sized problem: They have shoddy voting records. Fiorina has voted in about one in four elections since she registered as a...

In San Jose, California, hundreds of protesters filled the sidewalks outside of the of the Barnes and Noble Bookstore. This is where Senator Barbara Boxer will hold a book signing/fee-based “non-townhall” meeting event. Custom made signs littered the crowd as an American Flag was carried up and down the sidewalk. Cars where constantly honking their horns in support the protesting against the Obama Democrat Healthcare Initiative.

Chuck DeVore discusses the hypocrisy of the Obama administration on offshore drilling http://chuckdevore.com/ - The Obama administration recently lent $2 billion to Brazil to help in their off-shore drilling efforts ignoring the revenue potential here in the US. Chuck DeVore describes the details behind this pathetic decision. VIDEO

DeVore taking off gloves on Fiorina: "Remind Carly to get an absentee ballot" Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, R-Irvine -- who's running against Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer -- has taken off the gloves on his GOP challenger, Carly Fiorina, telling us today that he's not even sure she would "vote in her own primary with her name on the ballot.'' (snip) Fiorina moved closer to a U.S. Senate bid by forming a committee, "Carly for California" this week, though her official Fiorina Enteprises website hints at what may be her coming campaign theme: "Tough Choices. Inspired Commitment. Real Results.'' (snip) Read...

Former Hewlett-Packard Co. chief executive Carly Fiorina has taken the first formal step toward running for the U.S. Senate seat of Democrat Barbara Boxer. Fiorina filed for a tax identification number on Tuesday and registered a campaign committee named "Carly for California." The committee will allow her to begin raising money for a potential 2010 run for the Republican nomination. Spokeswoman Beth Miller says the 54-year-old Fiorina, who stumped for Sen. John McCain during his presidential run, will begin meeting with policy advisers and donors but has no timetable for making a formal announcement. If she runs, Fiorina would face...

Assemblyman Chuck DeVore Comments on Carly Fiorina’s Pending Run for the U.S. Senate: “Democrats will attack Fiorina’s weaknesses from the start.” IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine), the only announced Republican candidate for California’s 2010 U.S. Senate race against Barbara Boxer, today commented on news that Carly Fiorina, the ousted former head of Hewlett-Packard, had formally created an exploratory committee. Assemblyman DeVore said, “She’s in, as we’ve expected for months, and already she’s showing her colors, hiring a Hollywood PR firm and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s chief moneyman.” Fiorina has already engaged Strategic Perception, Inc., the Hollywood, CA-based business that was the...

A Golden State Opportunity? Chuck DeVore, a California assemblyman seeking to challenge Sen. Barbara Boxer in the 2010 U.S. Senate race, on Thursday blasted his potential rival for the Republican nomination, Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, as a "dilettante" and "rich moderate" who couldn't win statewide. He also contended that Boxer was vulnerable in a general election due to her high negatives and rising unemployment. "Never in California's history has a self-funded dilettante ever won any top office, Governor or Senate," the candidate said this morning at a breakfast sponsored by TAS and Americans for Tax Reform, when asked about...

Democrat Barbara Boxer's quest for a fourth term in the U.S. Senate may give Californians a chance to pass judgment on Washington in the Obama era: Do voters approve of the early performance of the Democratic president and Congress? Or is it time to restore more power to Republicans, in this case to a controversial former Silicon Valley CEO making her first run for elective office? What looks increasingly likely is that Boxer will be in for the re-election fight of her career. While she has yet to announce her candidacy, all signs point to a run by Republican Carly...

Babs Boxer showed up today at a Barnes & Noble book store in San Jose, CA. Many citizens showed up at the book store to express their opinions to Babs. These activities all took place out side the store. As far as I know, there was no disruptions inside the store. This small minded hag was walking around taking pictures. She said was going to put them on the Internet to show everyone what "idiots" we were. Can you imaging a conservative doing something like this at a liberal rally. The ACORN and SEIU guys would rip you apart.

Freep Senator Barbara Boxer, Tea Party Style - 15 August 2009 Saturday, August 15, 2009 Time: 1:00 PM Location: Barnes & Noble, 3600 Stevens Creek Blvd, San Jose Senator Barbara Boxer is having a book signing on Saturday, August 15th at 1:00pm at Barnes and Noble, 3600 Stevens Creek Boulevard, San Jose. Wouldn’t be wonderful if we had 1,000 protesters on the corner of Stevens Creek Boulevard near San Tomas Expressway with signs protesting the rationing of health care and the hints of euthanasia with ObamaCare? We encourage people to start gathering around 12:30pm, and things will disburse no later...

......... while Boxer's popularity swings with the tides and rarely reaches beyond the magic 50% level. Every six years, Republicans believe that with just the right candidate and just the right amount of money, they can knock off the woman they love to hate. And they are heartened again by a new poll showing Boxer barely leading the most likely 2010 challenger, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.