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It could happen here / Massachusetts results could spell trouble for Boxer |
2010-01-22 |
If Republicans can win a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, that bluest of blue states, they can win anywhere including California. Republican Scott Brown's decisive and historic victory in the U.S. Senate race in the Bay State could be a bad sign for Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer's re-election chances in November. Brown succeeded in making the Obama administration's policies especially its plan to overhaul the country's health care system a millstone around the neck of Democratic candidate Martha Coakley. The same could happen to the liberal Boxer, given her support of health care reform and a host of other Obama initiatives. This was not just a local race, but a national one. Many people in Massachusetts obviously feel the Obama administration is doing too much too fast at too high a cost to American taxpayers. And you will find the same sentiment in California. Also, since Brown who, as he pointed out in TV ads, drives a pickup truck was able to reclaim populism for the GOP, it left Democrats open to the charge that they're elitists who represent the establishment. Those robes fit Boxer well. After all, during an appearance on MSNBC's "Hardball," she suggested that town hall protesters were too "well-dressed" to be authentic and so they had to be planted there by the GOP. My name is Senator Barbara Boxer, and I drive a broom... In a recent poll of California voters by Rasmussen Reports, Boxer was favored by only 46 percent of respondents less than a majority 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 pulled down 42 percent. State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore got 40 percent. Even before this week's Senate race in Massachusetts, Boxer clearly faced a difficult campaign. Now, it could be that her troubles have only intensified. |
Posted by:Fred |
#9 It'll be a general election, not a special election, so it'll be easier to get the lazy, feeble minded Democrats out to vote. Maybe that's the answer. More special elections. Now I wonder, how could we go about that... |
Posted by: Ebbese Darling of the Hatfields2588 2010-01-22 20:54 |
#8 As of 2008, white population 42.3% and sinking. For a look into the future, check out the white demographics and economy of Zim and SA. If you are still unconvinced, examine the crime statistics and rural white genocide. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2010-01-22 13:50 |
#7 Sadly, with the massive demographic change in Hispanifornia, Reagan couldn't get elected. A RINO is the only hope. Trying to elect a conservative is suicide. As of 2008, white population 42.3% and sinking. |
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2010-01-22 13:14 |
#6 I wish I could share your optimism. I'd love to see Boxer beaten but I think it would be a huge mistake to underestimate her. California ain't Massachusetts and Boxer ain't Coakley. Boxer is an entrenched incumbent. You can bet she'll have an ample war chest and she'll be a lot better at using it than Coakley was with hers. California's famous unions will rally to her support, not to mention the illegals who nobody seems to want to mention. It'll be a general election, not a special election, so it'll be easier to get the lazy, feeble minded Democrats out to vote. Whoever wins the Republican primary is gonna have a very tough fight on their hands. I didn't follow the Massachusetts election very closely but from what I heard about Brown and his truck, he covered a lot of territory in a very energetic manner. That would be a lot easier and cheaper in a small state like Massachusetts than in California. If the distance didn't get you the traffic would. An airplane would be the best bet here. Chuck DeVore seems a lot less like a RINO and a lot more likely to tell it like it is than either Fiorina or Campbell. But in this state money is extremely important and that probably means DeVore doesn't stand a chance. |
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-01-22 12:28 |
#5 Most of the anger in California is aimed at the RINO governor, not the democratic legislature. The democrats here need to be more concerned about 2012 than 2010. |
Posted by: DoDo 2010-01-22 12:15 |
#4 Carly or whomever runs against Queen Boxer merely has to run this ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeY2fI8Z6Pc&feature=PlayList&p=D8DC8954A9E77503&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=43 |
Posted by: Jack Salami 2010-01-22 10:23 |
#3 Campbell's Win/Loss record is only slightly better than the St Louis Rams. He obviously doesn't think he can beat Governor Moonbeam so he switched races. Boxer has traditionally beat the men running against her with a solid women's vote. Carly could cancel that edge. The question is HP Baggage? |
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2010-01-22 06:41 |
#2 Tom Campbell's ahead of Carly. She's hoping that a few 100,000 current and former HP employees don't talk to the media. My money's on Tom. |
Posted by: lex 2010-01-22 03:37 |
#1 Senator Carly Fiorina. Yeah. |
Posted by: gromky 2010-01-22 00:24 |