July 08, 2010

Fiorina In Statistical Tie With Mrs. Boxer
— DrewM

47-44 with a 3.2% margin of error? We'll call it a tie.

Boxer's slight numerical lead masks potentially serious problems for the senator, starting with how 52 percent of the respondents hold an unfavorable view of her.

At the same time, her job approval rating is among the lowest that Field has measured for her since she was first elected to the Senate in 1992: 43 percent of registered voters disapprove of her performance while 42 percent approve. Among likely voters, 48 percent disapprove and 42 percent approve.

While voters' responses to a pollster in July may change by the time they vote in November, the new poll shows that whether voters love or hate her, 93 percent hold an opinion about Boxer.

"She is vulnerable," Field Poll director Mark DiCamillo said. "This is very ominous for her."

If Fiorina is this close now, just wait until she unleashes the Demon Sheep on Boxer's ass!

Here's something I'd like to hear from Barbara Boxer next year: "I insist you call me Former Senator Boxer! Do you know how hard you have to work to be a Democrat and still lose in California?"

Posted by: DrewM at 07:03 AM | Comments (79)
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1

It's a Field poll. It's crap. They always lean left.

Oh... First.

Posted by: MaxEntropy at July 08, 2010 07:06 AM (la188)

2

Cry havok, and let slip the demon sheep of ... something, surely.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 08, 2010 07:06 AM (RkRxq)

3 God, I'm not sure if there's enough popcorn in the Western Hemisphere to go around if that witch Boxer goes to her richly-deserved demise...

Posted by: GuyfromNH at July 08, 2010 07:09 AM (kbOju)

4
Come on pro Che Hollywood, open up the money flood gates for your political whore, Boxer ((D) - corruptocrat, been there way too long)




Posted by: Lemon Kitten at July 08, 2010 07:10 AM (0fzsA)

5 It would slightly lessen my embarrassment at being a Californian to have Boxer replaced.

Posted by: Randy at July 08, 2010 07:10 AM (zQKSr)

6 Well that is a ray of sunshine in the gloomy world of Kagan getting a pass, recess appointments and so on.

Posted by: palerider at July 08, 2010 07:12 AM (cQZV0)

7 Demon Sheep make good lamb chops...

I hate to say it, but Babs looks like my cousin. They could be sisters at how much alike they look.

If only we could get rid of Boxer, Pelosi, and Bat Boy, it would help CA's rep immensely.

Posted by: Smokey Behr at July 08, 2010 07:13 AM (vndO/)

8 George Bush, Queen Elizabeth, and Vladimir Putin all die and go to hell. While there, they spy a red phone and ask what the phone is for. The devil tells them it is for calling back to Earth. Putin asks to call Russia and talks for 5 minutes. When he is finished the devil informs him that the cost is a million dollars, so Putin writes him a check. Next Queen Elizabeth calls England and talks for 30 minutes. When she is finished the devil informs her that the cost is 6 million dollars, so she writes him a check. Finally George Bush gets his turn and talks for 4 hours. When he is finished the devil informs him that the cost is $5.00. When Putin hears this he goes ballistic and asks the devil why Bush got to call the USA so cheaply. The devil smiles and replies: "Since Obama took over, the country has gone to hell, so it's a local call."

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2010 07:13 AM (0GFWk)

9 Is Carly peaking too early?

O/T:  Everyone has been playing the "I hate you crackers" tape....
It seems like this is the topic du jour into today from yesterday...

Posted by: curious at July 08, 2010 07:14 AM (p302b)

10 Senator Ma'am retired...Granny Botox handing over her gavel...Harry the Weed out of work, beating up his wife...good times.

Posted by: Tom at July 08, 2010 07:14 AM (UlUtt)

11 Have you seen Fiorina's hair? No way she can win with the hip Cali crowd.

Posted by: Babs at July 08, 2010 07:15 AM (gbCNS)

12 "12 Have you seen Fiorina's hair? No way she can win with the hip Cali crowd.

Posted by: Babs at July 08, 2010 11:15 AM (gbCNS):

She had breast cancer, it is just growing back

Posted by: curious at July 08, 2010 07:16 AM (p302b)

13 Let's hope Fiorina runs her campaign better than she ran HP.  It shouldn't take much to defeat an idiot like Boxer, but we are talking about California.

Posted by: Blogluddite at July 08, 2010 07:17 AM (S+el1)

14 O/T, another hottie running for Congress: CeCe Heil

The 'Cuda just endorsed her.

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at July 08, 2010 07:19 AM (IoUF1)

15

She had breast cancer, it is just growing back

Like Cali hipsters care. It's all about looks, baby.

Posted by: Babs at July 08, 2010 07:19 AM (gbCNS)

16 I don't like what she did with HP, but picking up an additional "Marxism? No, thank you" vote would give me great hope.

Posted by: t-bird at July 08, 2010 07:19 AM (FcR7P)

17 I insist you call me Former Senator Boxer!

She certainly has earned it.

Posted by: toby928 at July 08, 2010 07:19 AM (4WbTI)

18 Cat Fight!  How nasty is this going to get?  The LA Times reports Boxer flying around the state:

In the first day of a two-day barnstorming tour that will cover nine stops from Stockton to San Diego, Boxer jetted up and down the California Coast on Tuesday in a chartered Gulfstream G-3 jet.

At several points, Boxer argued that the Republican senate nominee "almost broke the back of a great company" by laying off 30,000 workers and sending jobs overseas. Fiorina, who headed the firm between 1999 and 2005, has said she did what was necessary to help the company survive the dot-com bust.

Wait...did I just see the LA Times try and be fair and balanced?

Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at July 08, 2010 07:19 AM (W6ndX)

19 *Burp*

“If you’re asking if the United States is about to become a socialist state, I’d say it’s actually about to become a European state, with the expansiveness of the welfare system and the progressive tax system like what we’ve already experienced in Western Europe,” Harvard business and history professor Niall Ferguson declared during Monday’s kickoff session, offering a withering critique of Obama’s economic policies, which he claimed were encouraging laziness.

“The curse of longterm unemployment is that if you pay people to do nothing, they’ll find themselves doing nothing for very long periods of time,” Ferguson said. “Long-term unemployment is at an all-time high in the United States, and it is a direct consequence of a misconceived public policy.”



OMG - My head just exploded.  This pro-Obama elite is obviously a creationist, a climate change denier, a racist, and a heartless bastard who should be encouraging our congress to extend unemployment benefits again.




Posted by: Chaarles Johnson at July 08, 2010 07:20 AM (0fzsA)

20 for the first time in my life, I am sincerely hoping for the US Economy to crash and burn over the next 4 months.

Posted by: wws at July 08, 2010 07:20 AM (T1boi)

21
I don't care how much of a RINO Carly turns out to be, getting rid of Boxer and taking the senate is worth the pain.

Posted by: Dang Straights at July 08, 2010 07:21 AM (fx8sm)

22 Have you seen Fiorina's hair? No way she can win with the hip Cali crowd.

Posted by: Babs at July 08, 2010 11:15 AM (gbCNS)

I kinda like her hair.  It's "sporty". 

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at July 08, 2010 07:23 AM (IoUF1)

23 Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at July 08, 2010 11:19 AM (IoUF1)

She has two big pluses going for her then. Palin's track record on picks so far has been great.

Posted by: Vic at July 08, 2010 07:24 AM (/jbAw)

24 "Cat Fight!  How nasty is this going to get?  The LA Times reports Boxer flying around the state:

Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at July 08, 2010 11:19 AM (W6ndX)"
Which broom is she using?

Posted by: curious at July 08, 2010 07:24 AM (p302b)

25 But Intrade has Boxer up by 20%!!!!!!!!

Posted by: In before the troll at July 08, 2010 07:26 AM (P9+0W)

26 2

Cry havok, and let slip the demon sheep of ... something, surely.

 

So what?   I'll release the Democrat's demon pass!

Posted by: Babs B. at July 08, 2010 07:27 AM (nyxv/)

27
Yeah - well-- Barbara Boxer(D) is about as FAR LEFT as you can get.

Every Democrat who voted for PelosiCare is as left-wing as you can get.


Posted by: Juji Fruit at July 08, 2010 07:29 AM (0fzsA)

28 I'm taking a cue from Scott Brown and doing a nudie spread.

Posted by: Babs at July 08, 2010 07:33 AM (gbCNS)

29

This election will get ugly.  Boxer will focus on Carly's record as CEO of HP, which quite frankly, doesn't look that good to the average idiot voter.  HP under Carly's tenure lost market share, jobs, and money.  I recognize that she presided over the company during the tech bubble crash, but that nuance is going to get lost on the typical CA voter. 

Carly is bad for jobs is Boxer's winning slogan.

Posted by: California Red at July 08, 2010 07:33 AM (7uWb8)

30 God, I'm not sure if there's enough popcorn in the Western Hemisphere to go around if that witch Boxer goes to her richly-deserved demise... Posted by: GuyfromNH

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Popcorn?  Popcorn??  Fuck that..  bowls of butterscotch pudding!!!!

Posted by: ChiTown Jerry at July 08, 2010 07:33 AM (f9c2L)

31

"If Fiorina is this close now, just wait until she unleashes the Demon Sheep on Boxer's ass!"

I doubt it will be a Demon Sheep.  She's already launched the Boxer Blimp.  I think the next iteration will be a Robo-Boxer: a boxer dog's body with Babs' head, which over the course of the spot loses its skin to reveal a Terminator-style robot controlled by the Progressive wing of the Democrat Party.

Either that or a giant Wizard of Oz-style head demanding that everyone coming in front of her call her Senator.  "The Great and Powerful Senator of Babs has SPOKEN!"

Posted by: stuiec at July 08, 2010 07:36 AM (7AOgy)

32 I doubt a republican will win in California unless there is abnormally low turnout.

Posted by: Ben at July 08, 2010 07:36 AM (wuv1c)

33 Posted by: Vic at July 08, 2010 11:24 AM (/jbAw)

She's been doing awesome with endorsements for Governors and Senators, but she's been kind of hit-and-miss with Congress.  On the win side she has Allen West, Sean Duffy, Adam Kizzinger and Tim Scott.  On the loss side, Doug Hoffman, Ward Vaughn, Cecile Bledsoe, and Tim Burns.

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at July 08, 2010 07:40 AM (IoUF1)

34 Speaking of Palin Picks...have you seen the candidate in TN that Palin picked last night?  CeCe Heil.  Chris Muir is going to have a field day.

Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at July 08, 2010 07:40 AM (W6ndX)

35 Larry David Productions is on the contribution list too.  I think Larry needs to Curb his Enthusiasm.
Posted by: CDR M

Ultra wealthy left-wing celebrities really like their political whores (D).  Taxes are for the $200,000 and less bracket.  Not the $300 million tax bracket.




Posted by: Lemon Kitten at July 08, 2010 07:42 AM (0fzsA)

36 I going out there to do a fund raiser for her, selling my action figures.

She'll be fine!  TRUST ME!

Posted by: Alvin, the candidate, not the Chimpmunk at July 08, 2010 07:44 AM (2+9Yx)

37

At several points, Boxer argued that the Republican senate nominee "almost broke the back of a great company" by laying off 30,000 workers and sending jobs overseas. Fiorina, who headed the firm between 1999 and 2005, has said she did what was necessary to help the company survive the dot-com bust.

Oh, I know! Let her replace Obama!

Posted by: Randy at July 08, 2010 07:45 AM (zQKSr)

38 Rasmussen this morning: Rubio ahead again in FL. 

Posted by: Jon at July 08, 2010 07:45 AM (Xt7UU)

39 16 She had breast cancer, it is just growing back
Like Cali hipsters care. It's all about looks, baby.

________________

Umm, breast cancer is like an issue. Pink ribbons and all. The hipsters at least pretend to care.

Posted by: Young Einstein at July 08, 2010 07:47 AM (3K4hn)

40 Sanity breaks out in California.

Posted by: exdem13 at July 08, 2010 07:47 AM (beW+t)

41 #47

Same thing in SC, Republicans can win shit against my action figure bad selfs.

Posted by: Alvin, the candidate, not the Chimpmunk at July 08, 2010 07:47 AM (2+9Yx)

42

Wonder sock powers... DEACTIVATE!

 

Posted by: Anachronda at July 08, 2010 07:47 AM (3K4hn)

43 Maybe when Boxer retires she can persue her real passion, writing thinly veiled novelizations of herself.

Posted by: Randy at July 08, 2010 07:48 AM (zQKSr)

44
Boxer will focus on Carly's record as CEO of HP, which quite frankly, doesn't look that good to the average idiot voter.  HP under Carly's tenure lost market share, jobs, and money.

I've heard Carly speak proudly about her career at HP. Was she lying through her teeth?

Posted by: Ed Anger at July 08, 2010 07:49 AM (7+pP9)

45 Its not the overall amount of the turnout, but where it is from. I know, its hard to believe, but there are actually conservative conclaves in California. And it will also depend on who wins the independent vote. The overall number is useful --- but where it is coming from is a lot more important.


You got some crackas you need convinced they don't need to vote?

Posted by: King Shabazz at July 08, 2010 07:52 AM (rqC5o)

46 56 I've heard Carly speak proudly about her career at HP. Was she lying through her teeth?
_______________

Well, there's that research that was done a few years ago about how incompetent folks are so incompetent that they are incapable of recognizing their incompetence.

Posted by: Anachronda at July 08, 2010 07:52 AM (3K4hn)

47 sheep shearing machines hewlett packing machines box packing machines poor machines boxing machines babar boxing machines rockem sockem robot machines machines looking for money elephant boxing machines elephant gun machines machines that will literally do anything for money elephant clothing machines machines considering prostitution elephant hunting machines machines that owe money machines that hunt down elephants and punch them machines that owe a ton of money to gangsters after betting on elephant boxing machines that need to come up with two G by Friday because the fucking elephant went down in the second round elephant punching machines machines giving blowjobs in the parking lot behind Arby's because the stupid elephant threw the fight machines that won't be placing any more bets on fucking elephants donkey punching machines elephants punching donkeys 100% live elephant donkey punch machines elephant prom dress machines machines that fucking hate hanging around the Arby's in a prom dress giving blowjobs because of that stupid elephant

Posted by: Machines For Sale at July 08, 2010 07:52 AM (l4hhe)

48

CA is mostly conservative once you leave SF, LA and Sacramento.

yeah but unfortunately people are elected based on the each vote not on sqaure mileage.

 

Posted by: Ben at July 08, 2010 07:52 AM (wuv1c)

49 @60. I will buy some

Posted by: Ben at July 08, 2010 07:53 AM (wuv1c)

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at July 08, 2010 07:56 AM (0fzsA)

51 donkey punch machines

SOLD!

Posted by: RAWMUSCLEGLUTES at July 08, 2010 07:56 AM (w9BEi)

52 I don't care how much of a RINO Carly turns out to be, getting rid of Boxer and taking the senate is worth the pain. An incumbent RINO Senator can't be beaten from the right. Even fucking McCain is winning.

RINOs in office are a hard limit on what the right can accomplish, and a soft-at-best one to the left. Yay.

Posted by: oblig. at July 08, 2010 07:57 AM (x7Ao8)

53

Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2010 11:51 AM (m2CN7)

Uh, I'll check my driver's license, but if so I've been wrong for some time...

Posted by: Randy at July 08, 2010 07:57 AM (zQKSr)

54 But do the machines punch down?

Posted by: somegui at July 08, 2010 07:58 AM (VmtE9)

55 It would almost be worth moving back to CA to vote against Barbara Boxcar.

Almost.

Nope. Would still have to suffer Feinstein. And about-to-be-again Governor Moonbeam.

CA sucks.

Posted by: MrScribbler at July 08, 2010 08:00 AM (Ulu3i)

56 I've heard Carly speak proudly about her career at HP. Was she lying through her teeth?

I worked for a guy at Textron who was largely responsible for a 90 % decline in production over a 24 month period.  He (and his boss) still think he did a great job.

Posted by: John Galt at July 08, 2010 08:03 AM (F/4zf)

57 Is there any real evidence to support the assertion that Carly is a RINO other than Chuck DeVore saying so? 

In any event, she'll be far to the right of every other statewide officeholder in CA since Reagan.

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at July 08, 2010 08:03 AM (IoUF1)

58
Carly, and all Republicans, should focus on how democrats are indeed welfare state socialists, how democrats are financially inept, how democrats worship at the alter of big government, high, job-killing taxation and failed economic philosophies, *cough* Paul Krugman*,  how Andy Stern was the most frequent guest at the White House,  and how the democrats plan to turn the entire US economy into California and Detroit.







Posted by: Lemon Kitten at July 08, 2010 08:04 AM (0fzsA)

59 That piece on Daily Beast is amazing. Streisand and Brolin have left the Zero Reservation. The congnoscenti are talking about lower corporate tax rates. I would say Boxer is a goner. When the ideas finally penetrate even the spent-uranium-density stupidity of Streisand, it's over for Babs.

Posted by: Fresh Air at July 08, 2010 08:08 AM (CAaky)

60 focus on how democrats are indeed welfare state socialists,


A feature, not a bug.

Posted by: typical lefty at July 08, 2010 08:11 AM (rqC5o)

61 I made a campaign poster. http://tinyurl.com/2bjskvd
Hat tip to Al Bundy.

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at July 08, 2010 08:11 AM (a5ljo)

62 yeah but unfortunately people are elected based on the each vote not on sqaure mileage.

Makes you wonder why more Democrats aren't hawks, given that they're so dependent on terrorist/nuke targets urban areas to get elected.

Posted by: Blackford Oakes at July 08, 2010 08:15 AM (w9BEi)

63 People will come out in droves to vote against Jerry Brown for governor, while only the hackiest of the hacks will come out for him.

The Brown votes will vote the straight party line. The real question: How many anti-Brown voters will split their ticket to vote for Boxer?

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at July 08, 2010 08:18 AM (a5ljo)

64

"machines that owe a ton of money to gangsters after betting on elephant boxing machines that need to come up with two G by Friday because the fucking elephant went down in the second round" 

"machines giving blowjobs in the parking lot behind Arby's because the stupid elephant threw the fight"

"machines that fucking hate hanging around the Arby's in a prom dress giving blowjobs because of that stupid elephant"

Whoda thunk that a spam generator would be the first artificial intelligence to become self-aware.

Posted by: gebrauchshund at July 08, 2010 08:21 AM (d7k0J)

65

My opponent is a right-wing extremist!

Hey, it's worked in every election so far...

Posted by: B. Boxer at July 08, 2010 08:22 AM (VDgKF)

66

When the ideas finally penetrate even the spent-uranium-density stupidity of Streisand, it's over for Babs.

I'd say it's over for both Babses.

Posted by: Damn Skippy at July 08, 2010 08:24 AM (VDgKF)

67

Boxer's been in office for 20 years, the economy contracted 5%, unemployment is at 15% (in California), the deficit is exploding and foreclosures are rising again. 'Nuff said.

That's all the Republicans need to hit from now until November.

Ride the wave, baby, ride the wave.

Posted by: Prof. Venkman at July 08, 2010 08:25 AM (YcjCJ)

68

I've heard Carly speak proudly about her career at HP. Was she lying through her teeth?

HP is still operating, many of it's peers (like Gateway) are not.  Recall that there was a big downturn in tech during her tenure.

It's not so much voting for Fiorina as voting AGAINST Obama/Boxer.

Posted by: Commander Hussien at July 08, 2010 08:37 AM (tQ7IJ)

69 Makes you wonder why more Democrats aren't hawks, given that they're so dependent on terrorist/nuke targets urban areas to get elected.

It's because a terrorist attack only *might* lose them some votes in the cities.

A pro-defense stance will *definitely* lose them many votes from among the fucking parasites warehoused in the cities because those welfare-sucking cockroaches and citizen-of-the-world pantywaists hate this country and love its enemies.

Posted by: MikeO at July 08, 2010 08:38 AM (lBmZl)

70
Carly, and all Republicans, should focus on how democrats are welfare state socialists, how democrats are financially inept, how democrats worship at the alter of big government, high job-killing taxation, and failed economic philosophies, *cough* Paul Krugman*,  how Andy Stern was the most frequent guest at the White House,  and how the democrats plan to turn the entire US economy into California and Detroit.


updated.


Posted by: Lemon Kitten at July 08, 2010 08:41 AM (0fzsA)

71 I'm looking at you, Babsie!

Posted by: Demon Sheep at July 08, 2010 08:49 AM (BP6Z1)

72

100% live elephant/donkey boxing... check

Machines borrowing money from gangstas to bet on elephant boxing... check

Machines lost said money because the elephant went down in the second round. HOW THE HELL CAN AN ELEPHANT LOSE TO A DONKEY

Machines now trolling Arby's to giving BJ's to pay back the gangsta... check

 

Machines now living the Ace of Spades lifestyle... check

 

 

 

Posted by: Prof. Venkman at July 08, 2010 08:56 AM (4JpPD)

73 Baghdad Barbara Bozo Boxer (call me ex Senator) is very capable.  She's sure capable of blowing this race.  I'm going to wake up in the middle of November with a big smile on my face realizing that this scrunt no longer represents me in Congress.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at July 08, 2010 08:57 AM (ktYjH)

74

Feinstein, Pelosi, Boxer.....what is in the water in California?

Posted by: nikkolai at July 08, 2010 09:00 AM (nPrsy)

75 Wait...did I just see the LA Times try and be fair and balanced?

If you remember its endorsements before the primary, LAT didn't endorse anyone. The non-endorsement slammed Boxer hard -- they said they'd have liked to have endorsed Kaus for his politics, but figured he'd never be anything more than a gadfly; or Devore or Fiorina for their upstanding-ness, but didn't like their politics. (They liked Campbell less than they liked Boxer.)

I think it's likely that they're not going to endorse a candidate for Senate in the general, either, which is as close to an endorsement Fiorina that they'd ever get.

Posted by: Meiczyslaw at July 08, 2010 09:24 AM (vEhUz)

76

Feinstein, Pelosi, Boxer.....what is in the water in California?

Posted by: nikkolai at July 08, 2010 01:00 PM (nPrsy)

I'll never tell!

Posted by: Moonbeam Brown at July 08, 2010 09:38 AM (BP6Z1)

77   28 But Intrade has Boxer up by 20%!!!!!!!!
Also known as a Buying Opportunity

Posted by: Max Entropy at July 08, 2010 10:36 AM (la188)

78 I don't care how much of a RINO Carly turns out to be, getting rid of Boxer and taking the senate is worth the pain.

CA would probably be better off, but not by too much...

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at July 08, 2010 12:21 PM (rXbvW)

79

Feinstein, Pelosi, Boxer.....what is in the water in California?

Posted by: nikkolai at July 08, 2010 01:00 PM (nPrsy)

I'll never tell!

I will: birth control pills, xanax and crank.

Attention pollsters.   Get familiar with this question, "Would you like fries with that, sir?"  Windsocks. 

Posted by: dmurray at July 08, 2010 03:25 PM (GxI0E)

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