Firstly, I apologize for my lack of posting of late.
The past few days have been some of the most challenging both professionally and personally, and though that's no excuse, it happens to be true.
That aside, I found an interesting article during the course of a usual perusing of the Los Angeles Times today that talked about how the race for the senate seats is being largely ignored, as the spotlight is on the gubernatorial race.
As of the last debate, the GOP candidates took a very united front. They argued very little about each other, and focused mostly on defeating incumbent Barbara Boxer, the democrat who has had a history of being in the senate since 1992 -- nearly two decades.
"There is a unifying theme in the Republican Party and it's an extreme dislike of Barbara Boxer," said Carly Fiorina's campaign manager, Marty Wilson.
Certainly, it wold be thrilling to have a Republican clench a senate seat. Unfortunately, that is just very unlikely for two rather obvious reasons: 1) California is an exceptionally liberal-leaning and biased state. 2) Incumbents usually win.
Other candidates in the past have failed to reclaim the senate seat for the Republicans, and it's highly unlikely that that is about to change.
Then again, even liberal-leaning papers like the New York Times are asserting that Boxer has a very difficult road to reelection ahead of her, possibly the most difficult in her entire time in office.
Democrats have a 1.5 million-person lead in California in terms of voters. But who knows? Maybe there is some glimmer of hope for the times ahead.
Sarah Palin has endorsed Fiorna. It'll be interesting to see how much affect that has on her shot. It's unlikely that Palin's endorsement would hurt her, and the kind of people who like Fiornia are more than likely to like Palin, as well.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/us/politics/02senate.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0508-senate-20100508,0,2715487.story
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