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My fellow FLORIDIANS - Our Primary Election is only 24 DAYS away ! We have 22 Candidates for the U.S. Senate seat !!! Many of you may not have even taken the time to look at all the candidates in this race. I just got an e-mail from a friend asking me to consider voting for Dr. Escoffery in the REPUBLICAN PRIMARY... I think I leaning towards supporting this man. I know many of you will say that "He can't win" because he has no name recognition but we have 24 Days to get him some name recognition.... What Ssy...

Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer leads two potential Republican challengers in an early look at California’s 2010 race for the U.S. Senate. Boxer leads California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger by 16 points, 50% to 34%. She holds a slightly smaller lead over former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina. In that match-up, Boxer picks up 47% of the vote and Fiorina 38%. While the poll provides generally good news for Boxer, any incumbent who polls below 50% early in a campaign is considered potentially vulnerable. However, a Democrat running in a heavily Democratic state like California is often able to overcome weak poll numbers.

Dear Reader, Last week the only man standing between Californians and $70 billion in new taxes was Chuck DeVore. Chuck decried massive tax hikes on hard-working families in the Golden State, resigned his leadership position in protest, and blasted the Assembly's deal: "This proposed agreement strikes at the heart of our longtime opposition to tax increases. Excessive taxation both harms the economy and robs hardworking Californians of a portion of their liberty. Placing our Caucus squarely in line with tax increases also demoralizes our supporters - people who were counting on us to hold the line. "For these reasons, I...