Showing posts with label Sen. Barbara Boxer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sen. Barbara Boxer. Show all posts
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Monday, January 12, 2015
California: The $1B Senate Race?
Cameron Joseph, Jan. 8, 2015, The Hill
That could also yield some surprises. A pair of Democrats could advance to the fall election if no Republicans mount a serious bid, scrambling campaign strategy; a primary race to the left could quickly flip to a focus on independents for both candidates.
In addition to Harris, Newsom and Steyer former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) may be in the mix, along with California Secretary of State Alex Padilla (D). And Golden State Democrats say L.A. County supervisor Hilda Solis (D) and Reps. John Garamendi, Loretta Sanchez, Raul Ruiz, Adam Schiff and Jackie Speier have all hinted they may look at a statewide bid.
Read more: www.thehill.com
That could also yield some surprises. A pair of Democrats could advance to the fall election if no Republicans mount a serious bid, scrambling campaign strategy; a primary race to the left could quickly flip to a focus on independents for both candidates.
In addition to Harris, Newsom and Steyer former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) may be in the mix, along with California Secretary of State Alex Padilla (D). And Golden State Democrats say L.A. County supervisor Hilda Solis (D) and Reps. John Garamendi, Loretta Sanchez, Raul Ruiz, Adam Schiff and Jackie Speier have all hinted they may look at a statewide bid.
Read more: www.thehill.com
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Friday, January 9, 2015
NBC Nightly News Declines To Label Retiring California Senator Barbara Boxer A Liberal
Curtis Houck, Jan. 8, 2015, Newsbusters
The frequency of networks in failing to label elected officials along the lines of their true political ideology has never failed to let up. When former Republican Senator Jesse Helms passed away in July 2008, fill-in anchor Lester Holt said on NBC Nightly News that Helms was “a champion to the right and a lightning rod to the left” while then-NBC News correspondent Martin Savidge referred to Helms as “an ultra-rightist.”
The frequency of networks in failing to label elected officials along the lines of their true political ideology has never failed to let up. When former Republican Senator Jesse Helms passed away in July 2008, fill-in anchor Lester Holt said on NBC Nightly News that Helms was “a champion to the right and a lightning rod to the left” while then-NBC News correspondent Martin Savidge referred to Helms as “an ultra-rightist.”
More recently, MSNBC’s Luke Russert labeled now-Republican Senator Joni Ernst as “rather extreme” in holding views compatible with the tea party.
Read more: www.newsbusters.org
Read more: www.newsbusters.org
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Sunday, November 9, 2014
Voters: Boxer, Feinstein Shouldn't Run Again
Seema Mehta, Nov. 8, 2014, Los Angeles Times
Although U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein — two of California's most experienced political figures — remain popular, a majority of state voters say they should not run for reelection, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll.
As analysts speculate about whether the Democratic stalwarts will seek additional six-year terms in coming years, 59% of registered voters said the state would be better off with new candidates for the two seats.
That sentiment was expressed by 79% of Republicans. But even many Democrats said it was time for new representation.
Read more: www.latimes.com
Although U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein — two of California's most experienced political figures — remain popular, a majority of state voters say they should not run for reelection, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll.
As analysts speculate about whether the Democratic stalwarts will seek additional six-year terms in coming years, 59% of registered voters said the state would be better off with new candidates for the two seats.
That sentiment was expressed by 79% of Republicans. But even many Democrats said it was time for new representation.
Read more: www.latimes.com
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Friday, June 13, 2014
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| Sen. Barbara Boxer |
It's become standard operating procedure for many on the left. Whenever something bad happens, blame George W. Bush. Such was the case Thursday when Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, blamed the former president for the current crisis in Iraq, Talking Points Memo reported.
She also hammered Republicans who supported the war in Iraq but now criticize Barack Obama's handling of the situation as part of the "blame-America-first crowd."
"Some of the biggest GOP cheerleaders for the disastrous war in Iraq are now joining the blame-America-first crowd rather than working with our Commander-in-Chief to confront this crisis," she said.
Boxer also said the current mess in Iraq "has its roots in an ill-conceived war," and said that while the U.S. should "go after" ISIS, the Sunni organization taking over parts of Iraq, "any U.S. action must be well-considered and well-executed in coordination with our allies and the Iraqi government and military, which we helped train and arm."
Boxer, TPM added, was one of 23 senators who voted against the resolution authorizing use of force in Iraq in 2002.
But it seems the real root of the current problem may lie in the fact that the Obama administration released the man who now runs ISIS in 2009.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the new leader of ISIS, is called the "driving force behind al-Qaeda’s resurgence throughout Syria and Iraq, putting it at the forefront of the war to topple President Bashar al-Assad and starting a fresh campaign of mayhem against the Western-backed government in Baghdad."
He was arrested by U.S. forces in 2005 and held at Camp Bucca where, the Telegraph added, other al Qaeda leaders were held. He was released in 2009. According to the Telegraph, he may have been one of thousands of suspected insurgents "granted amnesty as the US began its draw down in Iraq."
Read the full story: www.examiner.com
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