Barbara Boxer might have a reason to feel touchy about her title of Senator, it seems. Not only is she facing a determined, conservative challenger in Chuck DeVore, but even her own caucusmates don’t think she’s equipped for the job.
In short, they think she’ll botch any job she’s given the responsibility for, so they’re taking responsibilities away from her.
Says Politico:
In private conversations, Senate staffers say that Boxer’s abrasive personal style helped tank the climate bill that Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and former Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) sponsored last year. And several recent embarrassing episodes involving the California Democrat have them worried about a repeat performance.
….This time around, Democratic leaders have spread Boxer’s workload among six committee chairmen.
“I don’t think anyone is going to let her take the ball this year,” said one staffer at an environmental group. “Not after last year.”
Politico may be relying on anonymous sources, but the roles of committees in the production of bills are a matter of public record. Boxer simply isn’t trusted by Democrats, nor should she be by Californians. She’s just not up to the task, and it’s time to vote accordingly.
Let’s help Chuck DeVore chuck Boxer out of a job she can’t handle.
With Arnold showing his biceps
johnt Thursday, July 23rd at 10:45AM EDT (link)in California, and the possibility dawning on some of the electorate that maybe insane liberalism is not the answer to life’s vicissitudes, this may be an opportune time for an attractive Republican candidate.
If so Boxer may in the future have time to squat in her rocking chair on the front porch, her mind wandering while insisting the mail man address her as Senator.
“a man’s admiration for absolute government is proportinate to the contempt he feels for those around him”. Tocqueville
I agree
Cheryl Thursday, July 23rd at 3:35PM EDT (link)and I just joined up as an eLeader for his campaign. I suspect he won’t get much support from the NRSC unless we can show he has a serious chance, would that be fair to say? I’ve never done this before. I really believe the time is about as good as it’s going to get here in CA for a shift in political change.
It's Hard To Say...
IJB Thursday, July 23rd at 3:39PM EDT (link)I’d like to believe it, but I’ve been burned too many times before.
Guess we’ll see…
(But if Boxer did go down, that would be a huge and significant sign for both CA, and the country.)
Devore sounds great
Janice Cantore Thursday, July 23rd at 4:41PM EDT (link)Boxer is moron, I’ve voted against her every time I’ve had the chance. I like Devore, I’ve heard him on Hugh’s show, I just pray that the people in this state will wake up and not just vote for her because of the “D” or because they think they’re voting for a fighter.
Janice Cantore
Climate Change is a loser at the polls in CA?
noufa Thursday, July 23rd at 4:43PM EDT (link)Boxer’s an embarrassment. But these Democrats still want her reliable vote. So they’re asking her to play down global warming. There’s good reason to believe they’ve seen some polling suggesting potential for a backlash against a carbon tax.
Republicans have to use the right frame. We have an obligation to be stewards of the planet. Just like in Cub Scouts, we were taught to leave a campsite better than we found it. It’s common sense. Doesn’t mean you spend an week at the campsite trying the correct the pH balance of the soil.
We lose by arguing against a “clean” planet.
We win by highlighting the cost of a “clean” planet.
“Obama is not a centrist. He was never centrist. He is a uniter. He does reach across the aisle. But he always do so in pursuit of progressive ends.”
-Jonathan Stein of Mother Jones 1/31/08
Boxer's want of common sense
paint_it_red Thursday, July 23rd at 8:34PM EDT (link)This is the same woman who asserted a baby is not a “person” protected under the law until the mother takes the baby home from the hospital. Makes you wonder what she thinks of those of the younger persuasion in the maternity ward.
“It is not good to cultivate a respect so much for the law as for the right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think is right.” Henry David Thoreau
“The means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.” Martin Luther King Jr.
“If you want peace, work for Justice.” Pope John Paul II
CA a State Full of Potheads
dclamage Friday, July 24th at 10:51AM EDT (link)Haven’t you heard? CA residents all smoke an oz of marijuana every month! They’re too stoned to know who or what they’re voting for!
– Dan Clamage
This is not productive
Neil Stevens Friday, July 24th at 5:02PM EDT (link)This is no more productive than Obama’s bitter clingers comment.
Want to run for conservatives? Give.
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