Brown leads Whitman 49%-44% in poll, Boxer leads Fiorina 51%-43%

[cal04]

Boxer leads Fiorina 51%-43% in Senate race, survey finds. Both Republicans are hampered by voters' negative impressions of them, poll says.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-poll-20100926,0,2807399.story

Democrat Jerry Brown has moved into a narrow lead over Republican Meg Whitman in their fractious contest for governor, while his party colleague Barbara Boxer has opened a wider margin over GOP nominee Carly Fiorina in the race for U.S. Senate, a new Los Angeles Times/USC poll has found.

The Democratic candidates were benefiting from their party's dominance in California and the continued popularity here of President Obama, who has retained most of his strength in the state even as he has weakened in other parts of the country. Support for Obama may play a key role in the Senate contest, one of a handful nationally that could determine which party wins control of the chamber.

At the same time, the survey showed, Republicans Whitman and Fiorina have yet to convince crucial groups of voters that their businesswoman backgrounds will translate into government success.

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Both Republicans were hamstrung by voters' negative impressions of them — particularly Whitman, who has poured a national record $119 million of her own money into an advertising-heavy campaign yet has seen her unpopularity rise, the survey showed.

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. YES!!!!

:kick:

[RKP5637]

2. Excellent!!! n/t

[David Zephyr]

3. This is why I love California, why I will live here until I die.

Meg Whitman's over a hundred million dollars can not buy her the love that the People of California have for Jerry Brown.

And Californians know and love our Senator Barbara Boxer, who voted against the War in Iraq.

Meg, we know, remember and cherish Jerry Brown. And the voters will make your "investment" the worst in American political history.

And Carly, you are going to be humiliated in November.

Meg, we don't like you here no matter how much money you spend.

Memo to Meg and Carly: You both are Sally Field in reverse: we don't like you, we really don't like you.


K&R.

[senseandsensibility]

5. LOL

I'm a native Californian, and agree with most of that. HOWEVER...."we" did elect Ronald Reagan, and the Gropinator. Just saying....don't count your chickens and all that.

[David Zephyr]

11. In 1992, when Bill Clinton scheduled a campaign appearance at the Orange County Fair Grounds

I went with a friend and we had tickets. The jaw-dropping moment for me was seeing the overflow crowd there. Of course, Loretta Sanchez went on to later defeat B-1 Bomber, Bob Dornan.

Being an Angeleno, the sea change that took place behind the Orange Curtain was the crumbling end to the right wing's minority grip on the state. There was a time when a Republican could win a statewide seat by carrying 70% of Orange County. That day is done. Prop 187, the anti-abortion rights, anti-gay, and anti-environmentalist whackos permit only Republicans like Arnold electable in California.

This is the state that said no to parental consent for abortions. And even though Prop 8 barely won, in spite of all the millions spent and effort by the Mormon Church followers, it still was a very narrow victory and not like the earlier anti-gay marriage initiative that passed by a far larger margin.

The most telling number is Boxer now over 51% and the fact that Obama is still very popular in California.

Brown will be Governor, Boxer will get another 6 years, marijuana will be legalized (and then challenged the feds, but still it will crack the earth open on this issue around the country), and Prop 23 will be defeated.

Voters are beginning to pay attention and the trending this late is very bad news for Fiorina and Whitman.

The days of the John Birch Society, the Orange County Register and all that ilk being able to manipulate elections is over. They were a minority then. They are a ghost now.

There's a poll out today that shows that Gray Davis would now defeat Arnold (the "liberal, pro-gay, pro-choice, environmentalist Republican).

This is the Golden State. Jerry will arrive in Sacramento just in time.

[senseandsensibility]

4. hallelula!

I don't know how to spell hallelula, I just discovered, and for some reason, spell check isn't working for me. Anyway, I'm thrilled.:fistbump:

[lunatica]

6. I'm delighted that Jerry Brown is running for governor!

My vote is way easy this year! Way, way easy. I love them both!

[pinboy3niner]

7. WOO HOO!

:woohoo:

[pinboy3niner]

8. Oh...thanks for the reminder--I went to her website and donated

I'd been meaning to do that, and I finally did. I also signed up to volunteer in her campaign.

For anyone else who is interested in helping Barbara, here's the website:

http://www.barbaraboxer.com/home

The campaign isn't over yet, and she has a debate with Fiorina coming up Sept. 29. She'll probably kick Carly's ass, but who knows how the debate will affect the campaign?

Barbara is MY Senator--I want to keep it that way, and I don't want to take any chances. Especially if the alternative is Carly Fiorina in the Senate... :puke:

[lpbk2713]

9. Good news ... I love it.

I'd love to see some Dem momentum get going here in Florida.

[Bryn]

10. That's great!!

Yay! For Barbara Boxer and Jerry Brown!!

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. Fiorina just looks plain evil