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Bluenorthwest

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19. CA was not too blue to pass Prop H8, not too blue to recall Davis and elect Arnold. Twice.

Mon Sep 8, 2014, 09:29 AM

Sep 2014

Not too blue to produce the career of Ronald Reagan, from pillar to post.
CA is my home state. One of the reasons I left was that so many people there refused to take important action by announcing 'CA is super liberal, I don't really have to put effort into elections because we are all just so groovy that a thing like Prop 8 will never pass, mark my words, your outrage is wasted, CA is too blue to do that!!!!!!'
I no longer buy that line of bull.

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Barbara Boxer re-election run looking unlikely [View all] Newsjock Sep 2014 OP

Are people suggesting that she would be replaced by a repug? senseandsensibility Sep 2014 #1

CA is too blue. RandySF Sep 2014 #15

CA was not too blue to pass Prop H8, not too blue to recall Davis and elect Arnold. Twice. Bluenorthwest Sep 2014 #19

Agreed. I've noticed other states passing initives far more liberal than California. C Moon Sep 2014 #25

I think CA is bluer since those days Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #45

I believe the Davis recall and Aaanold election were based on fraud. Beginning with the petitions... DesertDiamond Sep 2014 #50

Kashkari could win in 2016. Gormy Cuss Sep 2014 #58

We already have a Republican Senator. Her name is Dianne Feinstein RufusTFirefly Sep 2014 #32

Word. Feinstein has been a DINO since I first encountered her in the 1980s. DesertDiamond Sep 2014 #51

Gavin Newsome should run. ... aggiesal Sep 2014 #35

I hope she does not run. GitRDun Sep 2014 #2

Boxer is one of the best, I hope she runs. bananas Sep 2014 #8

Hopefully the replacement will not be a DINO. n/t GitRDun Sep 2014 #30

Right. New folks. Doesn't matter if they are replacing one of our best senators I guess. Just dumb! HERVEPA Sep 2014 #52

lol nice logic GitRDun Sep 2014 #60

Like Boxer abelenkpe Sep 2014 #3

Word! Brother Buzz Sep 2014 #6

I agree with you completely. MoonchildCA Sep 2014 #20

Boxer should step aside and let someone else run bigwillq Sep 2014 #4

what does this even mean ? people like Boxer are not the same as some others like Schumer JI7 Sep 2014 #11

Nothing to do with age. But 30 years in politics is a career bigwillq Sep 2014 #34

"New and fresh" does not equal "better" /nt demwing Sep 2014 #37

That's not rational - she's one of the best. bananas Sep 2014 #12

She's the best of the best of the best, not 'same old'. byronius Sep 2014 #22

is that ageism I hear? lululu Sep 2014 #29

Not ageism at all. bigwillq Sep 2014 #33

what about electricians? demwing Sep 2014 #38

Politics should never be a "career". former9thward Sep 2014 #42

OK, I'll bite demwing Sep 2014 #44

Oh, I think we would survive. former9thward Sep 2014 #46

The question was not whether the US would survive demwing Sep 2014 #47

I have had three career jobs. former9thward Sep 2014 #48

Good post. bigwillq Sep 2014 #56

More like "Cool, post bro" /nt demwing Sep 2014 #59

Pretty much just politics bigwillq Sep 2014 #55

That's nuts. She's one of our best. Do you even know anything about her? HERVEPA Sep 2014 #53

Yes. I think she's been great. bigwillq Sep 2014 #54

Or not. Consider Diane Feinstein. It's always a crapshoot. HERVEPA Sep 2014 #57

No, I want to keep Boxer. Live and Learn Sep 2014 #5

It is too bad it has not been the other way around a couple of years ago davidpdx Sep 2014 #7

I think she'll be going soon, too. RandySF Sep 2014 #14

Not soon enough davidpdx Sep 2014 #17

the seat if hers if she wants to run, but i can understand her not wanting to run, especially at JI7 Sep 2014 #9

Damn she has to run. She's one of the best senators in WAsh. DC It's DiFi that should retire. n/t Cleita Sep 2014 #10

DC? demwing Sep 2014 #39

Yes, DC. Cleita Sep 2014 #40

Damn, the primary field will be crowded. RandySF Sep 2014 #13

Believe it or not, I would like to see Gavin Newsom elected. RandySF Sep 2014 #16

Get ready because Newsom will be Governor. Kamala Harris should have the Senate seat when Bluenorthwest Sep 2014 #18

Sounds good to me! MoonchildCA Sep 2014 #21

I hope that Boxer grooms Kamala for the seat flamingdem Sep 2014 #24

I hope not. Xithras Sep 2014 #43

Newsom rebounded pretty well from his sex scandal madville Sep 2014 #26

The guy is such an adieu Sep 2014 #28

Why can't DiFi follow her lead? KamaAina Sep 2014 #23

There's a good chance that we're currently enduring DiFi's final term. Xithras Sep 2014 #41

Rather she runs and get rid of adieu Sep 2014 #27

Boxer was iffy about running xxqqqzme Sep 2014 #31

CRAP!!!!! Boxer ROCKS!!! You don't hear much about her, but she has stood up for the people on many DesertDiamond Sep 2014 #36

Not good news....she is definitely one of the better senators... PoutrageFatigue Sep 2014 #49