Barbara Boxer widens lead over Fiorina in poll

[Francesca9]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Although her job performance ratings are at an all-time low, Sen. Barbara Boxer has increased her lead over Republican challenger Carly Fiorina in California's U.S. Senate race, with the three-term incumbent leading the former Hewlett-Packard CEO 47 to 41 percent, according to a Field Poll released today.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/23/MNUM1FIOM5.DTL&tsp=1

[pinto]

1. I'm "guessing" an 8 - 10 % margin for Boxer come the election. She's a great campaigner,

has a great track record in the Senate and Fiorina is simply a well funded neophyte in national politics.

[CountAllVotes]

2. glad to read this!

:D

:dem: :kick:

[AsahinaKimi]

3. Run Barbara run!!

Run right over Carly Fiorina and let her eat your dust!

[xchrom]

4. Awesome! Nt

[Le Taz Hot]

5. To whomever was predicting Boxer's demise

about 6 weeks ago and to which I responded that polls were useless before Labor Day, I'd just like to say "Told you so." However, this year, for the first time she's been in office, I'm not working for her campaign. I'll vote for her but she severely hurt the San Joaquin Valley with her water vote. To her credit, she has many many years of working for Progressive causes.

[Tempest]

9. DeMint's amendment couldn't have been implemented

It would have been impossible for 100% allocation to the valley at a time when water reserves were just over half.

The only reason DeMint introduced it was to put the CA Congresswomen on the spot.


You want to know who hurt the valley as much as the smelt? The farmers themselves. Instead of banking excess water, they sold it back to make money. Some valley farmers did nothing more than sell their water because it was more profitable.

[Le Taz Hot]

11. These are a extremely complex issues

that have been plaguing California for 90 years. Culpability for the situation is widespread, though, apparently, unrecognized. The bottom line is that those decisions had a deep economic impact on real lives here in the Valley.

This isn't merely a Valley issue, it's a national issue. If the Valley's ability to produce food is limited, we'll (as in the country) have no choice but to become even more dependent on outside sources and this time, it's our food -- coming in from places that use pesticides long banned in this country, among other things. Further, the amount of revenue derived from Agricultural products, a good portion of which the Valley produces, is in the billions. This state is broke. Are you really proposing cutting off our largest source of income? I'm not sure how one justifies that.


Finally, there has been a real push here in the Valley to convert to organic. No, the Big Boys aren't playing but more and more FAMILY FARMS (yes, there are still plenty of family farms here) are converting to organic where there is much profit to be made. There is an ENORMOUS call for organic produce and I would think, with California being in such dire straights, we would want to ENCOURAGE it's growth.

So often people sit in the Bay Area (can we talk Hetch Hetchy?) or Southern California and make pronouncements to the Valley that, "it's their own fault" without understanding the history nor the impact it has on real people's lives. I would like to invite those with such cavalier responses to come help out at the food bank once a month with me and say exactly that to our patrons. I'd be interested in their responses.

[Democat]

12. Is it true about farmers selling the water off?

And then complaining about it later? I don't know much about that California issue, but it sounds strange.

[Francesca9]

14. Farmers sell the water & impoverish communities

Farming is expensive because so many people are needed on the farm and even more in other areas for support. Farming employs one of ten people in California, directly or indirectly. When a farmer can sell their water and make more money than by farming, this causes layoffs, (this impact is greatest in LA County where the most ag support jobs are).

The Congressional policy to limit agricultural water has caused California unemployment to soar because the price of water is now so high. As the cost of water rises California unemployment follows it up. Profits can be thin in farming, so whenever the farmer can make more by selling water, they will.

[Francesca9]

13. One in ten California jobs depends upon agriculture

When water to farms is cut - unemployment spikes. Congress cut water to farms.

The California economy depends directly on two industries, agriculture and tourism.

The largest agricultural employment county is Los Angeles County. Most of these LA jobs are not in farming - but are in agricultural support, insurance or banking for example.

ref: George Goldman UC Berkeley

[Hell Hath No Fury]

6. We've got a pot initiative on our ballot --

so turnout will be good on our side -- I think Boxer will win this one.

[Unvanguard]

7. Thank God for Prop. 19. n/t

[Francesca9]

15. I think 19 is the difference

[SoapBox]

8. Just say Yes to Boxer and No to Stinkorina.

[and-justice-for-all]

10. Kick her corperate ass Barbara!!!..nt