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    • The Los Angeles Times and the University of Southern California announced today that they will co-sponsor six statewide public opinion polls leading up to the 2010 election.

      "In a state as large and diverse as California, accurate and timely polling is a key tool to allow people to learn what their fellow Californians think about major issues. Making that sort of information available is a central part of our journalistic mission," Times editor Russ Stanton said in a statement.

      The polls, which will ask Californians about a variety of political, social and cultural issues, will be released over the next 14 months. Professors from the USC Department of Political Science will work with the Times on the project, and discussions on methodology and analysis of the poll results will be incorporated into graduate and undergraduate classes at USC, according to a press release.

      The results of the first poll are set to be released in Sunday's Los Angeles Times.

    • State AG Jerry Brown told reporters Tuesday that — though he's not yet ready officially to declare his 2010 gubernatorial candidacy — his wife, attorney Anne Gust, is already interviewing staffers for key positions.

      His Democratic campaign, he said, "would be a collaborative undertaking with a number of people offering their services as citizens — as opposed to paid consultants."

      But the Brown preparations haven't stopped the gossip about the longshot possibility that other Dems could still make this interesting — and get into the race.

      Chief among the names mentioned: former CA Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg.

    • Today is going to be a big day for Carly Fiorina. The former Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett Packard from 1999 through 2005 will make it official that she is a candidate for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate. Her goal is to retire the ultra-liberal and ineffective incumbent, Barbara Boxer, next November.
    • This is what motivates me to run for the U.S. Senate. And so today I am announcing my candidacy to serve the people of California as your next U.S. senator.

      Throughout my career I've brought people together, and I've solved problems. And that is what is needed in our government today. People who are willing to set aside ego and partisanship and instead work to develop solutions to our problems.

      Our most pressing problems today are too few jobs for Americans and too much spending in Washington. As California's senator, economic recovery and fiscal accountability will be my priorities. I will not settle for a jobless recovery. And we can start the important work of getting our financial house back in order by demanding to know where our money is being spent. Let's put every government budget and every government bill on the Internet for every citizen to see.

    • The Republican gubernatorial candidate in California has spent $19 million so far, with the election still seven months away. Her pace is called 'unprecedented' by one campaign veteran.
      Whitman's pace is "unprecedented spending for a California gubernatorial race," said Jude Barry, campaign manager for the last mega-rich candidate to run for governor, Steve Westly.

      She spent almost as much on chartered jets ($111,706) as Campbell spent in total ($147,030) from January through June, the latest financial reporting period. Her Internet operation cost nearly $1 million. "Nowhere near that has been spent in the past in any campaign that I've ever seen," veteran GOP consultant Richard Temple said of Whitman's Web platform.

      The Poizner campaign, in comparison, spent $106,000 on technology.

      (tags: Meg_Whitman)
    • After months of hints and trial balloons, one of Silicon Valley's most recognizable and controversial figures has finally decided to take the plunge into politics, and California could be in for a roller-coaster ride of a political race over the next year.

      Republican Carly Fiorina, the dynamic former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, is expected to launch her bid for the U.S. Senate this week, possibly at an appearance today in Orange County. Assuming she wins the primary, political analysts say she could give three-term Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer the run of her life.

      A Fiorina-Boxer race would offer no shortage of rich story lines — corporate heavyweight vs. Washington insider, a woman recovering from breast cancer vs. one known for women's issues, an aggressive business executive vs. a combative politician.

  • Barbara Boxer,  Carly Fiorina

    Carly Fiorina Takes Fight to Barbara Boxer During Campaign Kickoff Event Today

    Carly Fiorina today announced her candidacy to serve the people of California as their next United States Senator. At a town hall meeting held at Earth Friendly Products in Garden Grove, she discussed her top priorities including job creation, economic recovery and restoring fiscal accountability in Washington, D.C.

    This is going to be a down and dirty campaign for California U.S. Senate, folks.

    Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina launched an uphill campaign Wednesday to unseat three-term Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, aggressively portraying herself as a business-savvy problem solver who would impose fiscal discipline on a profligate Congress.

    The 55-year-old Republican and political neophyte — her once curly blond hair closely cropped and graying after a recently completed round of chemotherapy for breast cancer — wasted no time taking the fight to Boxer, calling her a do-nothing career politician whose actions have saddled the country with debt and stifled job creation. She charged that Boxer has authored only three bills that became law during her 17 years as a senator — including one that named a courthouse and another that named a river.

    “Sometimes I wonder whether California even has two U.S. senators,” Fiorina told a roomful of employees and others at a green products company in Garden Grove as she announced her Senate bid. “There’s Dianne Feinstein and then there’s what’s-her-name.”

    Carly Fiorina says she knows how to take a punch as well as deliver one and Flap believes it. Incumbent Democrat Senator Barbara Boxer has been well known as a fierce and competitive campaigner. Boxer may have met her match this time around.

    “I have to say that after chemotherapy, Barbara Boxer just isn’t that scary anymore,” Fiorina said, in one of several mentions of her battle with breast cancer this year. “She has always taken the low road to higher office, so get ready. But I can take a punch, and I can throw a punch.”

    But first, Fiorina will have to get past fellow Republican Chuck DeVore who Fiorina said today has mischaracterized her stance on the issues.

    Let the Senate race begin.

    Flap thinks California is going to see a United States Senate race like no other in recent California history – wild, expensive, down and dirty.

    Update:


    Here is some video of Carly Fiorina attacking Barbara Boxer today.


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  • Barbara Boxer,  Carly Fiorina

    Carly Fiorina Expected to Announce Senate Candidacy Today in Orange County; Update: Why I’m Running For Senate

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    From the Orange County Register: Why I’m  Running for Senate

    carlyvsboxer Carly Fiorina Watch: Announcement for U.S. Senate Race Next Week

    From Carly Fiorina’s website Carly for California

    Today will be the day for the Carly Fiorina announcement that she will be a candidate for California United States Senate.

    Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is holding a town-hall forum in Garden Grove tomorrow, and says she’ll make a “major announcement” there – an announcement expected to be her declaration that she’s running for U.S. Senate against incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer.

    Fiorina’s Garden Grove event will be held at Earth Friendly Products at 12570 Industry St., but attendance is by invitation only. The event will be Webcast live on Fiorina’s Web site, www.carlyforCA.com.

    And, Flap understands there will be a blogger conference call sometime today with Fiorina.

    Today looks like the day of the Carly Fiorina launch.

    Stay tuned…..


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  • Day By Day,  GOP

    Day By Day November 4, 2009 – Blockbuster

    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    The GOP had a good night.

    In winning the Governorships of Virginia and New Jersey the Republican Party has started on its way back from the disasters which began in 2006 when they lost their majorities in Congress.

    Although the White House ignored the elections, the message is clear, especially to Blue Dog Democrats from red leaning congressional districts. This message is moderation and go-slow rather than pushing far-left Democrat leadership sponsored legilsation.

    An example will be health care reform or Obamacare which will now be postponed until after the first of the year. Another may be Senator Barbara Boxer and Senator John Kerry’s Cap and Trade climate change legislation.

    Also, the fiasco of the New York 23 congressional district played out to a standard result. The GOP was split and the Democrat won. The lesson learned: change the election process to allow a primary election vote for the GOP nominee rather than party leaders choosing a candidate.

    The Republican Party smells Democrat Party blood in the water for the 2010 midterm Congressional elections.

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