Sen. Boxer, Fiorina Appeal To Female Voters In Final Weeks Of Calif. Race

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The final weeks of the California U.S. Senate race have "turned into a battle of extremes" between Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer and Republican challenger Carly Fiorina, with both candidates using polarizing issues like abortion rights to sway moderate voters, Politico reports.

During a rally last week, Boxer and groups supporting her re-election highlighted comments Fiorina made during the GOP primary, when she said that she would "absolutely vote to overturn Roe v. Wade if the opportunity presented itself" (Samuelsohn, Politico, 10/19). During an event on Tuesday aimed at attracting female voters, Fiorina said that she understood that not all women share her views on abortion rights but stressed that women are not single-issue voters (Lin, AP/San Jose Mercury News, 10/20).

Effectiveness of Strategy

According to some election observers, Boxer's strategy of defining Fiorina as an extreme conservative on various issues could be effective in attracting moderate Democrats and independent voters. Barbara O'Connor, director of the Institute for the Study of Politics and Media at California State University-Sacramento, said that Fiorina's position on issues "for most California voters is antithetical," adding, "If they resort to issues, she's dead." According to one California Republican analyst, Boxer "is a very talented politician, but her single greatest skill is running against pro-life opponents" (Politico, 10/19).

Although Fiorina continues to poll well among likely male voters, Boxer leads among women at 45%, compared with 31% for Fiorina, according to the most recent Public Policy Institute of California survey. The September poll showed Boxer at 42% support among likely voters, compared with 35% for Fiorina. Nearly one in five likely voters remained undecided (AP/San Jose Mercury News, 10/20).

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Out with all Incumbents

posted by Francis on 21 Oct 2010 at 2:34 pm

OUT WITH INCUMBENTS IN NOVEMBER

The Liberal Democrats agenda in the first Senate session is sure to be the passage of AMNESTY, containing within the text AgJobs (for Farm guest workers) and the Dream Act. Self- Confessed Senator Harry Reid is determined to confront the 15 million unemployed Americans with this menacing referendum. What Reid and the Democrats haven’t revealed or the Liberal oriented press, the cost of processing this illegal Immigration law anticipated to be 2.6 Trillion dollars. This projection came from the non-profit group called the Heritage Foundation. This incredulous sum of money will be added to the US treasury shortfall of around 13 Trillion dollars and climbing. We are sitting on a financial powder keg and Incumbents Sen. Reid (NV); Boxer (CA); Feingold (WI); Bennett (CO); Inouye (HI)Lincoln (AR)); Mikulski (MD); Gillibrand (NY); Schumer (NY) Wyden (OR) Leahy (VT); Murray (WA) and Majority Speaker Pelosi.

Judging from their voting records on the website--ALL THE ISSUES, other than Gillibrand, who no voting record on Illegal Immigration. The rest of the sitting Senators have voted for funding Sanctuary Cities, Public welfare benefits and allowing illegal aliens to participate in our Social Security. But this is by far not the limit to these treacherous moves by Democrat-Senate, as they all agree on forcing through a Path to Citizenship. Nobody should be rewarded for breaking our laws. Every new candidate for office better beware of the fact, that THE TEA PARTY will be observant of their voting on all issues, including a demand for transparency as nobody is immune from being unseated. The Tea Party will not be corrupted by the special interest lobbyists, the powerful and elites in either party. They will not owe favors to trade unions, or any other business entity, as the Tea Party is the essence of all Americans.

That goes for new Politicians, Governors, Mayors, Police Chiefs and other elected officials in office. .Gubernatorial hopeful Jerry Brown is pro-Amnesty, so is Gavin Newsom, and have all catered to illegal immigrants by granting them access to welfare and all social services. This is a financial effrontery to all citizens and legal residents and should not be tolerated. The Federal government has been paying an estimated $113 billion dollars in benefits annually and it is still rising. There is another $60 Billion that leaves America in remittances in illegal workers wages and is not taxed. These amounts do not cover the State, county and municipal supplementary cash payments.

As American citizens we need to keep a close eye on all polling stations, and a keen inspection of absentee ballots. California and Nevada especially as these states are well acquainted with illegal voting in prior years and have massive populations of foreigners, who will violate the law. GOOGLE--Voter Fraud, Illegal Immigration, add any additional words and decide your vote. Not the Liberal lies. Me--I am fed up with being "politically correct,"for the extremist fringe groups of Liberal usurpers have tried to suppress our Free Speech. The majority of our politicians have become arrogant, disrespectful to the taxpayer and believe themselves untouchable.

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