[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FoekBjhtWE]YouTube - Sen. Barbara Boxer accused of racism by head of Black Chamber of Commerce[/ame]
When you start talking about Boxer just consider the the source, because when she makes an observation it comes from absolutly no place. So her statement on MSNBC is meaningless.
This just in from the state Democratic Party convention: Sen. Barbara Boxer announced she's running for re-election in 2010.
Now a lot of people are probably scratching their heads and wondering if they'd missed something: Wasn't she already running for re-election?
Well, yes. As a matter of fact, the three-term senator brought then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama to San Francisco in February 2007 for a 2010 re-election fund-raiser at the St. Francis Hotel. And her campaign website has been up and running for months.
But, to quote from the senator's speech today, "I'm formally announcing, in front of this convention, that I am running again for the United States Senate."
There were plenty of yellow and black "Boxer 2010" signs in the hall and the delegates were happy enough to wave them and cheer the announcement, so no harm done. And it did give the senator a chance to plug her new line of campaign clothes, on sale at her campaign table. It includes a bib for "Babies for Boxer" and neckwear for dogs, also known as "Barkers for Boxer.''
"You should buy the new Boxer merchandise so you can be on the cutting edge of fashion,'' she told the crowd.
So far, Irvine Assemblyman Chuck DeVore is Boxer's only GOP challenger, although former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has made noises about running.
"Don't listen to anyone who says our race will be easy,'' Boxer said. "My races are never easy.''
That depends on your definition of easy.
In 2004, she ran against former Secretary of State Bill Jones, who never raised enough money to run a television ad. A couple of weeks before the election, Boxer was doing a campaign swing through rural California. An October campaign appearance before a dozen people at a home in Amador City, population 196, shows just how concerned she was about re-election.
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SFGate: Politics Blog : To no one's surprise, Boxer is running for re-election
If Carly from HP runs against her then she is going to have a very tough time getting re-elected because outside of the bay area she is not very well liked.