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Old 08-17-2009
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looks like Boxer's re-ellection bid could be interesting

got a formidible foe in Carly


and isn't Ditch Witch supposed to be dueling with Pelosi ?


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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 Fiorina, the charismatic ex-chief of Hewlett-Packard who was ousted from her job in 2005 and last year served as a top surrogate for John McCain's presidential bid.

Fiorina would bring a combination of traits to the race never faced before by Boxer: She is a woman with the wherewithal to pump millions of her own dollars into her candidacy and probably raise millions more from others. And historically, the election after a president first takes office has not been kind to the party in charge at the White House. Exhibit A is 1994, when Democrats lost control of Congress halfway into President Bill Clinton's first term.
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Old 08-17-2009
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Re: looks like Boxer's re-ellection bid could be interesting

Gah... gag... No one will miss her OR pelosi.


How such ignorant, useless wenches got installed into any political positions, seems to me to only be an indictment of the growing stupidity of the American people.



Hopefully, that might turn around. I'm skeptical.
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Old 08-23-2009
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Re: looks like Boxer's re-ellection bid could be interesting

Californians have to decide if they want to continue voting for an extremist to represent them in the Senate or a moderate. Carly is no conservative, but if I voted in that state it would be an easy decision. I'm not sure a majority of Californians are mature enough to make the right decision. They seem to like having idiots represent them, as long as the right ads are ran.
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Old 08-23-2009
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Re: looks like Boxer's re-ellection bid could be interesting

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Californians have to decide if they want to continue voting for an extremist to represent them in the Senate or a moderate. Carly is no conservative, but if I voted in that state it would be an easy decision. I'm not sure a majority of Californians are mature enough to make the right decision. They seem to like having idiots represent them, as long as the right ads are ran.
"Californians vote for people that I don't like, therefore they are immature?"


Wtf?
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Old 08-23-2009
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Re: looks like Boxer's re-ellection bid could be interesting

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Californians have to decide if they want to continue voting for an extremist to represent them in the Senate or a moderate. Carly is no conservative, but if I voted in that state it would be an easy decision. I'm not sure a majority of Californians are mature enough to make the right decision. They seem to like having idiots represent them, as long as the right ads are ran.
Oh, it's pretty clear that most of your decisions are easy ones, Hoss.

BTW, that whole Newt Gingrich/glass houses thing? Yeah, you might want to look into that.
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Old 08-23-2009
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Re: looks like Boxer's re-ellection bid could be interesting

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"Californians vote for people that I don't like, therefore they are immature?"


Wtf?
More like, "Californians voted for people who turned their state into he laughing stock of the country despite the fact that they have about he 8th largest economy in the world they are bankrupt and Pelosi wants to give illegals college tuition and blah blah blah..."
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Re: looks like Boxer's re-ellection bid could be interesting

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BTW, that whole Newt Gingrich/glass houses thing? Yeah, you might want to look into that.
Weren't you bragging about Clinton balancing the budget? Without Gingrich you'd have nothing to brag about. Unless you were proud of the Dot.Com fraud.

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Re: looks like Boxer's re-ellection bid could be interesting

I am not sure about this. As much as I would love to see a change of place, cali is a crazy place, as Senator, she cannot be directly tied to the states poor performance, but Boxer, can be sold as a pork laden bearer of tidings to the minority voter, which is why I think Meg Whitman running for gov. has vastly better chance at winning her office than Carly. Unlike congressional districts, this is a state wide popular vote election, so theres a chance, but, Carly will need plenty of her own cash, I can tell you that.
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Re: looks like Boxer's re-ellection bid could be interesting

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Weren't you bragging about Clinton balancing the budget? Without Gingrich you'd have nothing to brag about. Unless you were proud of the Dot.Com fraud.

Weren't just lying about me bragging that Clinton balanced the budget?

Go ahead and cite where I did that.
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Old 08-24-2009
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Re: looks like Boxer's re-ellection bid could be interesting

Not proud of Clinton? I understand...
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Re: looks like Boxer's re-ellection bid could be interesting

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More like, "Californians voted for people who turned their state into he laughing stock of the country despite the fact that they have about he 8th largest economy in the world they are bankrupt and Pelosi wants to give illegals college tuition and blah blah blah..."
More like California's political leadership has run their state 50 billion into the red and wish to do the same for this entire nation.
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Re: looks like Boxer's re-ellection bid could be interesting

The trouble with Fiorini is the opposition has a lot of dirt they can fling with her hiring private detectives to spy on her board members and executives, they can make her out to be a paranoid power-hungry crypto-fascist pretty easily.
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Re: looks like Boxer's re-ellection bid could be interesting

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The trouble with Fiorini is the opposition has a lot of dirt they can fling with her hiring private detectives to spy on her board members and executives, they can make her out to be a paranoid power-hungry crypto-fascist pretty easily.
I disagree. I'm sure you are correct that they will try - but Fiorina is highly respected and very tough and smart. She has had to make decisions and address issues that would make Boxer cross-eyed with confusion and fear.

Boxer is not the sharpest pencil in the box. Her lack of intellectual ability (to put it as gently as possible) is her greatest weakness. If Carly Fiorina does run, she will serve up Boxer on toast in any debate. That would be a very enjoyable night of combat indeed.
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Old 08-25-2009
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Re: looks like Boxer's re-ellection bid could be interesting

As a registered voter in the (used to be) great state of California, it's an easy pick.... and it ain't Boxer.
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Re: looks like Boxer's re-ellection bid could be interesting

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I disagree. I'm sure you are correct that they will try - but Fiorina is highly respected and very tough and smart. She has had to make decisions and address issues that would make Boxer cross-eyed with confusion and fear.

Boxer is not the sharpest pencil in the box. Her lack of intellectual ability (to put it as gently as possible) is her greatest weakness. If Carly Fiorina does run, she will serve up Boxer on toast in any debate. That would be a very enjoyable night of combat indeed.

Oh I agree with you that she is tough and smart, but I guarantee you the opposition will attempt, and I predict have some success, in "swiftboating" her with that particular issue. Boxer is the one that always wears those red suits, like Gloria Allred, right?
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