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    • The Fiorina campaign put out a broadside declaring Campbell’s fiscally conservative credentials expired long ago. In his recent run for governor Campbell supported a temporary gas tax increase to help balance the state budget.

      I asked Campbell about that at his Friday news conference.

      Campbell said his proposal for a temporary tax increase was a pragmatic, responsible approach to California’s budget problem. He said his overall proposal for the state budget was to cut three dollars of spending for every dollar of tax increase.
      Campbell, however, said he would not sign a No-Tax Pledge because, he argued, no one can anticipate every situation that might arise. He asked voters to look at his record in congress to understand that he would not seek a tax increase but would pursue massive spending cuts if elected.
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      Sorry but Tom Campbell is a tax and spend RINO

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    • An internal memo I obtained from Carly Fiorina’s campaign (authored by campaign manager Martin Wilson), notes that, “depending on the results today in Massachusetts where a Republican may win in the bluest of blue states, a mindset of ‘anything is possible’ becomes more the norm and not the exception.”
      The obtained memo includes internal polling conducted during former Rep. Tom Campbell’s announcement tour (when he switched from the gubernatorial race to the senate race), which shows that in a first ballot match-up, Fiorina and Campbell are tied at 26 percent apiece, with DeVore at 11 percent.

      But when voters are provided information regarding Cambpell’s questionable record on fiscal issues, Carly comes in with 35 percent, followed by DeVore at 18 percent. Campbell then trails at 11 percent.
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      Marty Wilson is a proven winner with Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

    • Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina said today that California Sen. Barbara Boxer, the Democrat she hopes to unseat this year, is “extremely vulnerable,” particularly in light of the Senate upset in Massachusetts on Tuesday.

      “I think Barbara Boxer is clearly extremely vulnerable. She was vulnerable a year ago and she’s more vulnerable today,” the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard said today in a small conference at the office of her Sacramento strategists.

      Fiorina predicted jobs, government spending and the healthcare legislation in Washington would remain on voters’ minds throughout 2010. ”All of those things play in California just as they played in Massachusetts,” Fiorina said. On Tuesday, Massachusetts voters swept Republican Scott Brown into the U.S. Senate over Democratic state Atty. Gen. Martha Coakley.
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      The GOP sees blood in the water and it is Boxer's

    • In a short talk with reporters Wednesday, Fionrina repeatedly hammered on incumbent Barbara Boxer, whom she hopes to face in November. But — when asked about recent polls — she also attacked Republican Tom Campbell, who announced last week that he would pursue Boxer's seat as well (he had been running for governor). It's a notable change from her M.O. prior to Campbell's departure, when she seemed to avoid talking about her other Republican challenger, state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore. (She also mentioned him today.)

      "I think what all those polls say is that Barbara Boxer is vulnerable. Tom Campbell has run for office now several times, and he obviously has strong name ID and when voters realize on many important issues his positions are indistinguishable from Barbara Boxer, his ratings will fall, just as Martha Coakley's did," she said.
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      Carly is going right after Tom Campbell

    • Former Gov. Sarah Palin will announce today that she's hitting the campaign trail for Republicans — including her former running mate John McCain.

      Palin, who did not campaign in last year's governor's races or in yesterday's Senate race in Massachusetts, has committed to contests in three states, including two Republican primaries, an aide said.

      She'll campaign in Texas for Gov. Rick Perry, who faces a primary challenge from Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison; she'll appear in Arizona for Senator John McCain, who faces a challenge from the right; and she'll appear in Minnesota for Rep. Michelle Bachmann, a conservative firebrand who has emerged as a national figure.

    • The upset victory of Republican Scott Brown Tuesday in the Massachusetts Senate race had an immediate effect in California, where GOP U.S. Senate Republican candidates wasted no time going on offense — vowing that Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer is on tap next.

      Former South Bay Rep. Tom Campbell made the first move, issuing a jab at Boxer — along a claim that he will now take her on and address "the suicidal direction Congress and the President are taking our economy."
      The combative statement from the ususally low-key Campbell hint at the pumped-up themes — and energy — to come from the GOP side in the 2010 CA U.S. Senate race against Boxer, where former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and Assemblyman Chuck DeVore of Irvine are already raring to go. And GOP state officials were positively bubbly in their reaction to Tuesday's election results in the Bay State, where Brown handily beat Democrat Martha Coakley.
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      Nevada, Colorado and Missouri are next and easier

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    Day By Day January 20, 2009 – Chicken!



    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    With Republican Scott Brown’s upset victory over Democrat Martha Coakley for Teddy Kennedy’s Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat, it remains to be seen if President Obama will accede to the will of the people or proceed with business as usual. Without a 60 vote Democrat supermajority in the Senate, Harry Reid WILL have to deal with Mitch McConnell and the Republicans.

    Will bipartisanship suddenly break out with some modest and scaled back health care reforms being adopted? Or will the far left of the Democrat Party force the issue and the entire Obamacare legislative package be scuttled?

    Then, there are the political ramifications. How many Democrat incumbents in the House from red states or red leaning districts will now retire rather than fight for re-election. Filiong deadlines have not been reached in some 70 per cent of Congressional Districts.

    Chris, a game of chicken is correct.

    Who will blink first?

    Obama or the Republicans?

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    • RT @katieharbath: AP: MA sec of state says he will notify senate Weds that Brown won http://bit.ly/5e3vYQ #masen #tcot #
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    • RT @Dave_Wasserman: Scariest thing for House Dems: candidate filing deadlines haven't even passed in 90% of states #tcot #
    • Dem Sen James Webb of VA: suspend further votes on Obamacare until Senator-elect Scott Brown is seated. #tcot #
    • CA-Sen: Conventional Wisdom May be Wrong in CA Senate Primary – Chuck DeVore in Trouble #cagop #catcot http://icio.us/3zvt20 #
    • Republican Scott Brown Wins Massachusetts U.S. Senate Seat in an Upset http://bit.ly/6KgY3I #tcot #
    • RT @TheFix: Stat from a R consultant:There are 76 Dems in districts that performed worse than the worst performing D district in Mass #tcot #
    • RT @CarlyforCA: One thing is clear after tonight's election: Scott Brown's victory means big trouble for Barbara Boxer. #cagop #catcot #tcot #
    • RT @TheFix: House Democratic leadership meeting as we speak to debate how to handle Coakley loss…. #tcot #
    • RT @DavidAll: This victory paves the way for more GOP wins in 2010 and sets a strong precedent for future Republican campaigns. #tcot #
    • Congratulations to @ScottBrownMA to being elected as the next Senator from Massachusetts. #tcot #
    • RT @PatrickRuffini: Ruffini projects Scott Brown elected the next U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, and the 41st Republican vote #tcot #
    • RT @Dave_Wasserman: Networks building suspense (at least CNN), but it's over. Brown won. #tcot #cagop #catcot #
    • RT @KrisLuidhardt: RT @scottbrownma Scott Brown for US Senate: Live Video Feed http://is.gd/6A6IY #tcot #cagop #catcot #
    • RT @LarrySabato: It is already obvious that Scott Brown will win the Senate seat in MA. #tcot #
    • RT @RichLowry: howie carr calls it 4 brwn #masen #tcot #
    • RT @Dave_Wasserman: Cook Rept does NOT officially call racesbut if I were working for a network I would have enough #s to project:Brown Wins #
    • RT @TheHyperFix: 30% in. Brown 52, Coakley 47….if you are a D, start to get worried. #tcot #
    • RT @PatrickRuffini: Very close to calling it for Brown #tcot #
    • MA-Sen: Another must watch site: @patrickruffini tracking MA results spreadsheet here: http://bit.ly/5jbNQJ #tcot #catcot #cagop #
    • MA-Sen: Pollster.com is doing a live blog here: http://bit.ly/58KZWv – something to watch along with Twitter. #tcot #catcot #cagop #
    • CA-Sen: Chuck DeVore Attempts to Claim Mantle from Scott Brown #tcot #catcot #cagop http://icio.us/cr2g4s #
    • RT @Scobleizer: Wow in four hour @BillGates has 32,000 followers. Yowza. #
    • @Flap on MA-Sen: I See the Bad Moon Arising, I See Trouble on the Way, I See Earthquakes and Lightnin', I See Bad Times Today #tcot #
    • RT @TheHyperFix: Boehner spokesman says idea of passing health care no matter what happens in Mass would "set off a political firestorm" #
    • RT @TheHyperFix: RNC releases Jan. 17-18 poll showing Brown up 48-40. 53 percent disapprove of Obama's handling of health care #tcot #
    • NRSC worked under radar in Mass Senate Race Aiding Scott Brown #tcot http://icio.us/bgb2lh #
    • CA-Sen: Carly Fiorina Adresses Conejo Valley Republican Women on U.S. Senate Candidacy http://bit.ly/7VybPd #tcot #
    • Obamacare Poll Watch: Favorable Rating drops below 50% for Neb Sen Ben Nelson #tcot http://icio.us/rjnn0x #
    • RT @LizMair: Hey everyone. As on all election days, today I'll be following @electionjournal's tweets pretty closely. You should, too #masen #
    • Day By Day January 19, 2009 – A Bridge Too Far http://bit.ly/4rMuib #tcot #
    • RT @katieharbath: I like headlines like this: SF Chronicle: Tight Massachusetts race alarms California Dems – http://bit.ly/5w0MJD #cagop #
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