Good grief and Barbara Boxer is a U.S. Senator? She cannot even get her own career facts straight = OLD.

California incumbent Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer spent some time today with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer straightening out her arithmetic. Boxer is in a toss-up race with GOP challenger and former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.

“I voted for over $2 trillion of tax cuts, the largest one was in the stimulus bill,” Boxer said. Blitzer, confused, thought she meant $2 trillion in the stimulus, when she meant over her career.

Then Boxer got confused: “No, no, no — $1.2 trillion with the stimulus.”

That confused Blitzer even more, since the entire stimulus was about $800 billion. He asked, “There was $1.2 trillion in tax cuts in the stimulus?”

Boxer replied, “There was a lot. About, well, I will put it this way, over time, that’s what it will be, when you figure all the tax cuts over time. And what we did for the senior citizens, giving them back those refunds. So there was a lot.”

She finally got back on track, adding, correctly this time, “Actually, a third of the stimulus was tax cuts. That I can tell you.”

That’s the “Making Work Pay” cut that President Obama mistakenly thought would bring Republicans along to support the stimulus. Democrats bitterly complained later that the tax cut showed up as a few dollars a week in people’s paychecks that almost no one noticed.

But, you know this is not the first time. Look at this video:

Republican Nominee Carly Fiorina and California Democrat Senator Barbara Boxer

This is what the latest Rasmussen poll says about this closely fought California U.S. Senate race.

Incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer continues to hold the slightest of leads over Republican challenger Carly Fiorina in California’s U.S. Senate race.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in California shows Boxer with 49% support and Fiorina with 46%. Two percent (2%) prefer another candidate in the race, and three percent (3%) are undecided.

The race remains a Toss-Up in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Senate Balance of Power rankings.

Just over a week ago, Boxer, who is seeking a fourth six-year term, posted a similar 49% to 45% lead over Fiorina, a former CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Boxer has held a small lead in every survey but one since February with 42% to 49% of the vote. Fiorina, in those same surveys, has earned 38% to 47% support.

With Carly Fiorina now running statewide television ads, it may be time for her to start showing a move.

Larry Sabato earlier today moved the race back to “leans Democrat” from toss-up. This is likely premature as early California voting and the televised ad wars continue.

Note that if Barbara Boxer had this race in the bag, why would President Obama be coming to Los Angeles to campaign for her next week. The internal polls obviously show a close race.

The survey of 750 Likely Voters in California was conducted on October 13, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

Here is the latest Real Clear Politics poll average graph:

So says the North County Times (San Diego) in their editorial endorsing Carly Fiorina for U.S. Senate.

Finally, Barbara Boxer’s air of entitlement —- an arrogance aired for all to see when she upbraided a general testifying before Congress for addressing her as “ma’am” instead of her preferred “senator” —- is intolerable. We need public servants who understand they work for us, not career politicians who believe themselves a modern form of royalty.

Her combination of apparent personal humility and substantive emphasis on growing the economy and creating jobs through the private sector lead us to believe Fiorina would be a far better representative of the people of California than the out-of-touch Boxer.

I was waiting for this Fred Davis Ad pointing out the failure of Barbara Boxer, Obama’s economic policies and the sad state of California.

From the press release:

Facts About “Buck”

NARRATOR: “The reckless spending must stop.”

SALLY: “Boxer voted for trillions in spending.”

• The 2010 Annual Deficit Is Forecasted To Reach A Record $1.47 Trillion, Which Will Force The Government To Borrow 41 Cents Of Every Dollar It Spends. “The latest forecast from the White House budget office shows the deficit rising to $1.47 trillion this year, forcing the government to borrow 41 cents of every dollar it spends. Contrary to official projections, the budget gap will not begin to narrow much in 2011, because of an unexpectedly big drop in tax receipts.” (Lori Montgomery, “Federal Budget Deficit To Exceed $1.4 Trillion In 2010 And 2011,” The Washington Post, 7/24/10)
• Today, The U.S. Government Has A Total Debt Of More Than $13.5 Trillion, An Increase Of Nearly $3 Trillion Since Democrats Took Control Of Washington. (U.S. Treasury Department Website,www.treasurydirect.gov, Accessed 8/16/10)
• In Just Over Two Years, Boxer Has Supported Raising The U.S. Debt Limit By Nearly $4.5 Trillion.(H.R. 3221, CQ Vote #186: Motion Agreed To 72-13: R 27-13; D 43-0; I 2-0, 7/26/08, Boxer Voted Yea; H.R. 1424, CQ Vote #213: Passed 74-25: R 34-15; D 39-9; I 1-1, 10/1/08, Boxer Voted Yea; H.R.1, CQ Vote #64: Adopted 60-38: R 3-38; D 55-0; I 2-0, 2/13/09, Boxer Voted Yea; H.R.1, CQ Vote #397: Passed 60-39: R 1-38; D 57-1; I 2-0, 12/24/09, Boxer Voted Yea; H.J. Res. 45, CQ Vote #14: Passed 60-39: R 0-39; D 58-0; I 2-0, 1/28/10, Boxer Voted Yea)
• According To The National Taxpayers Union, Since 2001, Boxer Has Sponsored 655 Bills To Increase Government Spending, And Just 14 Bills To Cut Government Spending. (National Taxpayers Union, “NTUF BillTally — 111th Congress, 1st Session — Dollar Figures In Millions,” www.ntu.org, Accessed 9/27/10; National Taxpayers Union, “NTUF Bill Tally Senate Sorted By Net Spending,” www.ntu.org, Accessed 9/27/10)
• Boxer Has Voted Four Times Against The Bipartisan Sessions-McCaskill Budget Caps Amendment That Would Have Restrained Spending, On Average, To 1.5 Percent For Three Fiscal Years Beginning In 2011. (H.R. 4213, CQ Vote #181: Rejected 57-41: R 40-0; D 16-40; I 1-1, 6/9/10, Boxer Voted Nay; H.R. 1586, CQ Vote #57: Rejected 56-40: R 40-0; D 15-39; I 1-1, 3/18/10, Boxer Voted Nay; H.R. 4213, CQ Vote #42: Rejected 59-41: R 41-0; D 17-40; I 1-1, 3/4/10, Boxer Voted Nay; H.J. Res. 45, CQ Vote #11: Rejected 56-44: R 39-1; D 16-42; I 1-1, 1/28/10, Boxer Voted Nay)

JOANNA: “Billions in new taxes.”

• Since Obama Took Office, Boxer Has Voted In Favor Of More Than $500 Billion In Higher Taxes, Including Tax Hikes On The Poor. (“Estimated Revenue Effects Of The Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute To H.R. 4872, The ‘Reconciliation Act Of 2010,’ As Amended,” Joint Committee On Taxation, 3/20/10; H.R. 2, CQ Vote #31: Passed 66-32: R 9-32; D 55-0; I 2-0, 1/29/09, Boxer Voted Yea; Matthew Sturdevant, “Tanning Tax Called Unfair,” The Hartford Courant [Connecticut], 7/19/10; H.R. 1586, CQ Vote #228: Motion Agreed To 61-39: R 2-39; D 57-0; I 2-0, 8/5/10, Boxer Voted Yea; “Estimated Budget Effects Of The Revenue Provisions Contained In Senate Amendment #4575,” Joint Committee On Taxation, 8/5/10)
• In 2009, Boxer Voted In Favor Of Raising Taxes On Individuals And Small Businesses That Earn More Than $250,000 Each Year. (S. Con. Res. 13, CQ Vote #173: Adopted 53-43: R 0-40; D 51-3; I 2-0, 4/29/09, Boxer Voted Yea)

DENNIS: “Millions unemployed.”

• More Than 2.2 Million Californians Are Currently Unemployed. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics Website,www.bls.gov, Accessed 10/11/10)

STEPHANIE: “Yet, Boxer says the stimulus is working?”

• Boxer: “The Stimulus Bill Was Very Successful.” “I also wanted to inform colleagues and this is very good news for us that AASHTO which is the group that represents the State Highway and Transportation folks that we work with so closely at home, they’ve released a new report today, Senators. They are basically saying that the stimulus bill was very successful, that it created hundreds of thousands of jobs. They have it actually summarized here, and all the various projects.” (Sen. Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senate, Committee On Environment And Public Works, 2/9/10)

ROGER: “It isn’t working for me.”

• California Has Lost 573,000 Nonfarm Payroll Jobs Since The Stimulus Passed In February 2009.(U.S. Bureau Of Labor Statistics Website, data.bls.gov, Accessed 9/24/10)

CARLY FIORINA: “We can make Washington work. Cut spending. Ban earmarks. But Washington won’t change unless you vote to change the people we send there.”

Note the faces of every day ordinary Californians who are saying that Barbara Boxer and Obama’s Economic Stimulus has failed.

Guess that is why Obama is returning to Los Angeles in about ten days to campaign AGAIN for Senator Boxer. The White House is worried about this seat – and they should be.