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Republican Nominee Carly Fiorina and California Democrat Senator Barbara Boxer
In case you missed the details earlier about the Barbara Boxer Vs. Carly Fiorina debate this Wednesday evening here they are:
Saint Mary’s College of California will host the first U.S. Senatorial debate between incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer and Republican challenger Carly Fiorina on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 7 p.m. The one-hour debate will be held before a live audience in the College’s LeFevre Theatre and will be the first time both candidates will face off in an open forum.
Audience seats for the senate debate are by invitation only and are not available to the public. The reason for the invitation only format is that the venue for the debate is a small theater with only 300 seats. As such, tickets were allocated through the sponsoring media partners of KTVU, KQED and the San Francisco Chronicle. A portion of the seats in the audience have been reserved for current students at Saint Mary’s College.
The public is encouraged to watch or listen to the September 1 debate — from 7-8 p.m. — on KTVU Fox 2 Television or on KQED Public Radio (88.5 FM in San Francisco and 89.3 FM in Sacramento). It will also be streamed live on the internet on KTVU.com with links to SFGATE.com and KQED.org. The hour-long event is also being offered live to all California public radio stations in addition to individual television stations in each of the state’s 10 TV markets.
Sponsored by KTVU Channel 2 News, the San Francisco Chronicle and KQED Public Radio, the senate debate will be moderated by KTVU Political Editor Randy Shandobil and will include three veteran political journalists, including San Francisco Chronicle Political Reporter Carla Marinucci, La Opinion Senior Political Reporter Pilar Marrero and KQED Public Radio Host Scott Shafer.
I’ll try to remember to tweet up either the television and/or the audio links prior to the debate commencing.
I don’t think too many folks (besides the obvious partisans) are going to tune into this political donnybrook. But, there may be some interesting barbs thrown back and forth.
For a humorous look at the debate from a couple of white/gray haired (like me!) lefty LAMESTREAM media types, go here.
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Central Valley, California to Senator Barbara Boxer: We’ve Had Enough
Is it the bad California economy that will propel Republican Carly Fiorina to victory over Democrat Senator Barbara Boxer this November?
You know Sen. Barbara Boxer is in political trouble when she’s campaigning in Fresno and it’s 104 degrees. For much of the past six years, we haven’t seen much of Boxer in these parts. When Valley residents think U.S. senator, Democrat Dianne Feinstein usually comes to mind. She casts a long political shadow in the region, especially on water issues.
But on Monday and Tuesday, Fresno had Boxer’s attention. It’s not that the liberal Democrat expects to carry the conservative San Joaquin Valley in November, but she can’t let Republican opponent Carly Fiorina roll up huge margins here.
Giving up an extra few thousand votes in the Valley could be crucial in a tight statewide race. Boxer, the three-term senator, is in what the experts call a statistical tie with Fiorina in most public opinion polls. This year, Boxer knows every vote counts, even those outside of coastal California.
During her Fresno trip, Boxer touted the economic stimulus package, and how it’s helped Californians. That had the Fiorina campaign quickly countering that Fresno’s unemployment rate is at 16.2%, with 9,400 people having lost their jobs here since it was passed.
There undoubtedly would have been more job losses without the federal help, but that’s not an argument that Boxer wants to make. The economy is sinking her and other Democrats on the Nov. 2 ballot.
Well, she cannot blame President George W. Bush or a Republican controlled Congress any longer, now, can Boxer? The buck stops with her and President Obama.
Barbara Boxer has done very little except parrot far left wing dogma after decades in elected office. And, how many times has she visited her constituents in the Central Valley?
Mighty few…….
Tags: Barbara Boxer, Carly Fiorina
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Day By Day by Chris Muir
Talk about UNDERSTANDINGZ, did anyone catch President Obama’s teleprompter opportunity yesterday in New Orleans? Does anyone care?
President Obama traveled Sunday to New Orleans to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall on the Big Easy.
At the end of the First Family’s weeklong vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, Obama was met at the airport by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu (D), Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao (R-La.) and Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-La.).
The president’s motorcade took a lunch break at the Parkway Bakery and Tavern, a 100-year-old restaurant in the Mid-City neighborhood. Katrina dumped six feet of water in the bar and 10 feet on the street. The restaurant was able to reopen 46 days after the hurricane struck, and the owners built the rear of the building 19 feet higher to prevent flooding damage.
Obama, who apologized for cutting in line at the restaurant, ordered a shrimp sandwich and mingled with customers.
“We’re still here and we’re just gonna keep on building. We’re going to keep on working, all right?” Obama said, according to reports.
Obama to the rescue?
Or is it all symbolism over substance?
Obama’s speech on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina addressed the rebuilding of New Orleans and his commitment to clean up the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but did not mention his administration’s decision to halt deepwater offshore exploration until Nov. 30.
The White House is reportedly considering an early end to the ban but Jindal wants to see a “greater sense of urgency” from the president. “The experts all agree, we can end this moratorium before six months,” he said. “Let’s put our people back to work.”
Jindal said he was going to meet on Monday with former Florida Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.), who co-chairs the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Commission, to make that point. The first-term governor said he’s fine with increased inspections of the rigs off Louisiana’s coast; “what we’re saying is, a one-size-fits-all moratorium doesn’t make sense.”
The President is good at playing to a crowd but when it comes to policy he votes PRESENT. That is his UNDERSTANDINGZ.
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Day By Day by Chris Muir
Speaking about renown women in the news, Paris Hilton is NO Cougar but is now caged like one. The headline reads: Paris Hilton arrested on cocaine charge.
Police arrested Paris Hilton on cocaine possession charges late Friday night after stopping the car she was in on a Las Vegas street, authorities said.
Hilton was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on a charge of possession of cocaine, Las Vegas police spokesman Marcus Martin said.
The 29-year-old Hilton was in a car driven by a friend that was stopped when officers noticed what they suspected to be marijuana smoke coming from it, he told The Associated Press.
“Officers noticed a vehicle leaving smoke trail of a controlled substance (and) made a stop based on that,” Martin said.
During the stop, officers found what appeared to be a drug on Hilton and later tests showed that it was cocaine, Martin said. He didn’t know how much was found.
Guess Lindsay Lohan going to jail wasn’t enough of an incentive for Paris. Now, undoubtedly she will return to jail on this charge and/or for violating her probation on previous ones. One of these days these celebrities are going to be locke dup and the key thrown away – oh yeah, like OJ.
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