2016 New Hampshire Primaries. It ain’t over ’til it’s over but with ony 12% of the vote in many are declaring it over. Hillary’s already about to concede.
You can use the link to update. As an aside, Jim Gilmore, you should hang it up when “Other” gets more votes than you do.
REPUBLICANS
Donald Trump 13,797 votes (–) 34.0%
John Kasich 6,483 votes (-7,314) 16.0%
Ted Cruz 4,841 votes (-8,956) 11.9%
Jeb Bush 4,728 votes (-9,069) 11.6%
Marco Rubio 4,266 votes (-9,531) 10.5%
Chris Christie 3,204 votes (-10,593) 7.9%
Carly Fiorina 1,797 votes (-12,000) 4.4%
Ben Carson 996 votes (-12,801) 2.5%
Other 493 votes (-13,304) 1.2%
Jim Gilmore 21 votes (-13,776) 0.1%
DEMOCRATS
Bernie Sanders 24,922 votes
Hillary Clinton 16,632 votes (-8,290) 39.7%
Other 332 votes (-24,590) 0.8%
Cruz wins Iowa Republican caucuses, Fox News projects. With 99% of the votes in, Huckabee has suspended his campaign and Martin O’Malley has suspended his campaign. Clinton has 50% vs. Sanders 49%. Probably close enough Hillary needs a underwear change. There should be a lot more Republicans packing it in after this.
Republican Carly Fiorina was debating Barbara Boxer at wacko left wing radio station KPCC. An interesting thing happened when a citizen journalist began interviewing sign-holding Boxer supporters –- he found out they were day laborers who didn’t even know who Boxer is.
Republican Carly Fiorina was debating Barbara Boxer at wacko left wing radio station KPCC. An interesting thing happened when a citizen journalist began interviewing sign-holding Boxer supporters –- he found out they were day laborers who didn’t even know who Boxer is.
Where’s Gloria Allred? Shouldn’t she be out there signing u[ these guys as clients like she signed up Meg Whitman’s housekeeper.
The mystery is why Barbara Boxer is ahead of Carly Fiorina in the California polls when even the liberal San Francisco Chronicle can’t work up any enthusiasm for California’s dimwitted Senator.
The mystery is why Barbara Boxer is ahead of Carly Fiorina in the California polls when even the liberal San Francisco Chronicle can’t work up any enthusiasm for California’s dimwitted Senator.
This non-endorsement of Fiorina is a harsh condemnation of Boxer’s 18 years in Washington, DC:
The Chronicle hates one, but can't bring itself to love the other
Californians are left with a deeply unsatisfying choice for the U.S. Senate this year. The incumbent, Democrat Barbara Boxer, has failed to distinguish herself during her 18 years in office. There is no reason to believe that another six-year term would bring anything but more of the same uninspired representation. The challenger, Republican Carly Fiorina, has campaigned with a vigor and directness that suggests she could be effective in Washington – but for an agenda that would undermine this nation’s need to move forward on addressing serious issues such as climate change, health care and immigration.
It is extremely rare that this editorial page would offer no recommendation on any race, particularly one of this importance. This is one necessary exception.
Boxer, first elected in 1992, would not rate on anyone’s list of most influential senators. Her most famous moments on Capitol Hill have not been ones of legislative accomplishment, but of delivering partisan shots. Although she is chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, it is telling that leadership on the most pressing issue before it – climate change – was shifted to Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., because the bill had become so polarized under her wing.
For some Californians, Boxer’s reliably liberal voting record may be reason enough to give her another six years in office. But we believe Californians deserve more than a usually correct vote on issues they care about. They deserve a senator who is accessible, effective and willing and able to reach across party lines to achieve progress on the great issues of our times. Boxer falls short on those counts.
Boxer’s campaign, playing to resentment over Fiorina’s wealth, is not only an example of the personalized pettiness that has infected too much of modern politics, it is also a clear sign of desperation.
In past elections, Boxer has had the good fortune of having Republican opponents who were inept, underfunded, on the fringe right – or combinations thereof. Her opponent this time, Fiorina, is proving to be articulate, well-funded and formidable.
The Chronicle may not have noticed, but that same sense of desperation is spreading across the fruited plains. If Fiorina loses, she’ll be the exception come November.
Every day’s a bad hair day for Barbara Boxer, but Thursday was also a bad poll day for the embattled California Democrat.
Every day’s a bad hair day for Barbara Boxer, but Thursday was also a bad poll day for the embattled California Democrat.
Reuters reports the remarkable turnaround for Republican candidate Carly Fiorina:
Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer’s edge over Republican challenger Carly Fiorina has dwindled to 3 points as she seeks re-election in November, with more Californians now holding an unfavorable view of the three-term senator, a poll released on Thursday showed.
Boxer, who once held a 30-point lead over Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett Packard and a political novice, is now ahead by a margin of only 47 percent to 44 percent, the Field Poll found.
What’s even more surprising is that Fiorina has moved up so quickly while still remaining relatively unknown to California voters. Of course, we may be looking at that from the wrong perspective, because it may well be that Boxer has moved down because she isn’t unknown to the voters.
Remarkably, the brilliant Ms. Boxer decided to launch her campaign with a speech touting job creation in a state with a 12.4% unemployment rate, third highest in the nation.
Her days of telling people to call her “Senator” may be numbered.
