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Hopes For Senate Seat Open Rifts In California GOP

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posted on Mar, 1 2010 @ 05:38 PM
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BURBANK, Calif. — If Republicans are to have a serious chance of capturing control of the Senate in November, they are going to have to win in traditionally Democratic states like California, where Senator Barbara Boxer, a three-term Democrat, is showing signs of vulnerability.

But before Republicans get a clear shot at Mrs. Boxer, they will have to overcome deep divisions within their own party — divides that reflect both the grass-roots energy surging through the conservative movement and the tensions between the party’s moderate and conservative wings.

There are certainly more vulnerable Democratic Senate seats in the county, but early polls in California suggest that Mrs. Boxer is facing what could be the toughest election of her career. Her difficulties in a state that has for 20 years proved reliably Democratic in national elections suggests how the pendulum has swung against Democrats in just a year. Her potentional problems are a function more of this political climate than of any position or vote she has taken.

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It looks like the November 2010 elections are going to be hard on the incumbents. When even Barbara Boxer looks vulnerable, you know Democrats are going to have to fight hard to retain their majorities in the House and Senate.

The good news, if any, for Democrats is that there is also going to be quite a fight for the Boxer Senate seat among at least three possible Republican candidates. This fight could possibly open rifts in the GOP, but not necessarily. The choice for Republicans, at this time, appears to be between a moderate, a conservative or a Tea Party candidate.

If the Tea Party candidate gets the California GOP nomination, that will do much to gauge its potential strength throughout the country in 2012.



posted on Mar, 2 2010 @ 11:58 PM
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I'm surprised nobody seems interested in the 2010 elections and the directions in which the country might be moving. It's an indicator of how the political winds may be blowing.

California would be a real victory for the GOP, as it has long been such a staunchly liberal bastion. As California goes, other blue states may go also.

Maybe nobody is interested in California.



posted on Mar, 3 2010 @ 12:05 AM
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California would be a real victory for the GOP, as it has long been such a staunchly liberal bastion. As California goes, other blue states may go also.


I thought Cali was a ghost town by now.


So if Boxer goes down, what is one to expect from her replacement.

IMO, it would be a person who serves the needs of Cali, not the country.

One who serves the businesses, not the worker. Let's face it, Cali has plenty of available workers.

2010 elections will be important but I am not sure if it will really change anything in Washington.



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