posted on Mar, 1 2010 @ 05:38 PM
nytimes.com
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.