links for 2010-10-22

A new Rasmussen survey backs up a SurveyUSA poll showing Carly Fiorina nipping at the heels of Sen. Barbara Boxer, down just 2 points. A potentially more troubling number for Boxer: the state’s unemployment rate, which remained at 12.4 percent last month. Fiorina issued a statement lamenting the loss of another 63,000 jobs, while nothing came out of Boxer’s office. “It is a little odd that month after month people are losing jobs, and she’s silent,” said one California GOP strategist.