I’ve spent time living in & outside of CA. Anecdotal experience tells me that the pro-lifers are not taken serious at the state level. Here’s a well-done (even though written by a lefty) article with polling results which back up my claim:

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/06/pro-life-states-have-lower-abortion.html

Parts of CA have a libertarian streak. Most of these voters are even quietly pro-life. So the Republican Party can make inroads in the Golden State. But there just isn’t an effective network of pro-lifers in CA.

Good news is that in the long run, Republicans will win on abortion.

I think I just threw up in my mouth a bit.

If the 2010 midterms are anything like what happened in 1994, we’ll pick up seats in places nobody imagined (remember the Speaker of the House being defeated in ’94?) As to CA, Feinstein barely beat back a challenge from Michael Huffington that year (wow, what an awful choice…..) I’d also keep in mind that Prop 8 passed last November, and voters just slapped down Arnold’s efforts to pass new taxes.

At this point, I think Chris Dodd and Boxer both look vulnerable in 2010. Both have been around too long, and both violate one of the cardinal rules in politics: it helps to be liked.

(hey, better you have to deal with them in Texas than we get more moonbats here in Minnesota!)

Is she a pork queen?

Does the California MSM shelter her?

Has the CA GOP simply refused to run strong candidates against her in the past?

Does she have ninjas who intimdate her opponents?

IIRC, Boxer plays the feminist card to the hilt. She’s NOW’s Senator.

The CA media will do their best to cover for her. They’ll be looking for reasons to NOT cover stories of her stupidity. If she can get a martyr thing going, it will help her slip away.

isn’t the obvious subtext of her little snit that the General is mistreating her somehow and needs to be publicly slapped down for his arrogance?

It didn’t sound that way to me. You’re right—I didn’t hear the whole clip. And I certainly think Boxer deserves any derision she gets.

But I still think we should be cautious about not overreaching. I don’t think it’s good tactics.

Excuse Mr. Frank, before you begin your feigned indignation I want to know if I will actually have a chance to speak or am I here as a prop for your tirades?!?!?

No mater how loud they will have to SCREAM it over Barney’s BIG BLEEPIN’ MOUTH!!!!!

Of course, I do not expect our Military folks to go off the handle, but I am TIRED of all the U.S.CITIZENS hauled before these buffoons w/o proper reason/cause to SPEAK UP with the LACK OF RESPECT these fools have coming to them!

Of course, with 12% unemployment, some of those same people may be “ex-Californians” real soon. Hopefully they’ll all go to Taxachusetts!!