{"id":10963,"date":"2010-01-21T19:31:49","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T19:31:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-01-21T19:31:49","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T19:31:49","slug":"casen-further-proof-boxer-is-not-coakley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/21\/casen-further-proof-boxer-is-not-coakley\/","title":{"rendered":"CA-Sen: Further Proof Boxer Is Not Coakley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although California Republicans want us to believe that Martha Coakley’s loss in Massachusetts this week is somehow a sign that Barbara Boxer is going to suffer the same fate, the facts prove otherwise. The latest Field Poll shows<\/a> Boxer still leads her opponents by decent if still uncomfortably close margins:<\/p>\n

General:
\n
Boxer 48%
\n
Campbell 38%<\/p>\n

Boxer 50%
\n
Fiorina 35%<\/p>\n

Boxer 51%
\n
DeVore 34%<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Boxer is hovering around 50%, so she’s not a shoo-in for reelection by any means. But she knows she has to run the campaign of her life to win, and that’s exactly what she is going to do.<\/p>\n

On the Republican side, it looks increasingly clear that Tom Campbell’s decision to jump to the Senate race was the right one, as he has a clear lead over his rivals:<\/p>\n

GOP Primary:
\n
Campbell 30%
\n
Fiorina 25%
\n
DeVore 6%
\n
Undecided 39%<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What’s so interesting here, aside from the fact that 40% of the wingnuts are undecided, is how poorly Chuck DeVore is faring. He was the great teabagger hope here in California, with endorsements from the rest of the Sacramento Republicans and strong support from the activist base. But he still only manages 6%! It’s a sign that California Republicanism, for all its truly insane far-right activists, remains a creature of corporate power.<\/p>\n

No matter who wins their primary, they’ll face a formidable candidate in the form of Barbara Boxer. This election will be decided on the basis of turnout, something I certainly hope the Boxer campaign understands. Large segments of the progressive base are demoralized, even in California. Boxer has earned their support and activism in the past, and she can certainly do so again. Assuming she does, the Republican candidates are going to have a very tough time beating her in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although California Republicans want us to believe that Martha Coakley’s loss in Massachusetts this week is somehow a sign that Barbara Boxer is going to suffer the same fate, the facts prove otherwise. The latest Field Poll shows<\/a> Boxer still leads her opponents by decent if still uncomfortably close margins:<\/p>\n

General:
\n
Boxer 48%
\n
Campbell 38%<\/p>\n

Boxer 50%
\n
Fiorina 35%<\/p>\n

Boxer 51%
\n
DeVore 34%<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Boxer is hovering around 50%, so she’s not a shoo-in for reelection by any means. But she knows she has to run the campaign of her life to win, and that’s exactly what she is going to do.<\/p>\n

On the Republican side, it looks increasingly clear that Tom Campbell’s decision to jump to the Senate race was the right one, as he has a clear lead over his rivals:<\/p>\n

GOP Primary:
\n
Campbell 30%
\n
Fiorina 25%
\n
DeVore 6%
\n
Undecided 39%<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What’s so interesting here, aside from the fact that 40% of the wingnuts are undecided, is how poorly Chuck DeVore is faring. He was the great teabagger hope here in California, with endorsements from the rest of the Sacramento Republicans and strong support from the activist base. But he still only manages 6%! It’s a sign that California Republicanism, for all its truly insane far-right activists, remains a creature of corporate power.<\/p>\n

No matter who wins their primary, they’ll face a formidable candidate in the form of Barbara Boxer. This election will be decided on the basis of turnout, something I certainly hope the Boxer campaign understands. Large segments of the progressive base are demoralized, even in California. Boxer has earned their support and activism in the past, and she can certainly do so again. Assuming she does, the Republican candidates are going to have a very tough time beating her in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1990],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1990"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Pvhz-2QP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}