Bill Clinton Helped Cause 2008 Financial Crisis

NewsBusters.org:

In the past 20 months, liberal media members have routinely blamed 2008's financial crisis on George W. Bush, Republicans, Wall Street, and greed.

Someone that has hardly ever been accused of having a hand in what led to the tumult is former President Bill Clinton.

As NewsBusters has been reporting almost since the crash began, it was Clinton who signed into law two key bills -- the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 and the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 -- that ushered in the malfeasance that almost toppled the world economy.

On Saturday, a former editorial page editor for the Wall Street Journal, George Melloan, made the connection even stronger as he pointed a finger at someone most in the media have shamelessly given a pass for his involvement in this crisis

To promote "affordable" housing, Bill Clinton had excused the two giant government-sponsored housing finance agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, from normal banking rules, allowing them leverage ratios far in excess of the limits on ordinary lenders. Banks were forced to write risky mortgage loans, a large number of which were then folded into mortgage-backed securities that Fannie, Freddie and others sold internationally with triple-A ratings.

This business seized up, crippling banks throughout the world, when holders began to realize that the assets that backed the securities, home mortgages, were going under water at an alarming rate.

Of course, Melloan was right. As the New York Times reported in September 1999:

In a move that could help increase home ownership rates among minorities and low-income consumers, the Fannie Mae Corporation is easing the credit requirements on loans that it will purchase from banks and other lenders.

The action, which will begin as a pilot program involving 24 banks in 15 markets -- including the New York metropolitan region -- will encourage those banks to extend home mortgages to individuals whose credit is generally not good enough to qualify for conventional loans. Fannie Mae officials say they hope to make it a nationwide program by next spring.

Fannie Mae, the nation's biggest underwriter of home mortgages, has been under increasing pressure from the Clinton Administration to expand mortgage loans among low and moderate income people and felt pressure from stock holders to maintain its phenomenal growth in profits.

They Blame Bush for everything wrong with the planet and get away with it because they most people are just too lazy to seek the truth.

This Week's Sign Of The Apocalypse: Archie Comics Introduces First Openly Gay Character

NYTimes.com:

A new man is moving into Riverdale, the home of comics’ perennial teenager Archie Andrews and his gang. His name is Kevin Keller, and he’s blond-haired, blue-eyed and gay. Kevin will be introduced in Veronica No. 202, right, in a story titled, “Isn’t it Bromantic?” The inclusion of the character meets twin goals, one real world and one in-story. “Riverdale has to reflect the diversity of the world today,” said Jon Goldwater, co-chief executive of Archie Comic Publications. “We want to be all inclusive.” Mr. Goldwater also said he’s not afraid of any repercussions. “We think everyone is going to enjoy the story,” he said. “It’s completely in the tradition of your typical Archie comic.”

Dan Parent will be writing and illustrating the story of Kevin’s introduction. He said his goal was simple: “Veronica is always chasing guys and getting what she wants. Who could we introduce that she could not get?” Mr. Parent said Kevin would be more than a one-off character with future stories already mapped out. The issue will hit newsstands on Sept. 1.

First of all, this is about indoctrination. Comic book readers are mostly young kids and what better time for liberals to introduce folks to "gay is ok" then when they're young. Secondly, I confess to being a huge Archie comics fan growing up and I never felt the need for Riverdale to be more "diverse". Archie comics was about the funny adventures of a white, red-headed kid and his pals and even though I'm black, I was fine with that. I never cared about whether or not Archie had any black friends and I imagine that most kids who read Archie today weren't saying themselves: "Gee, where are Archie's gay pals at?" (in fact, the "inside" joke growing up was that Archie's best pal Jughead was probably a "closet" case). Lastly, while I have no idea how the comic book industry is doing sales-wise, I can imagine that the indoctrination of liberal agendas will have the same effect on the comic-book industry as it has on soap opera's--and that's not a good sign at all.

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer Signs Tough Immigration Bill

CNN.com:

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed a state bill Friday that requires police to determine whether a person is in the United States legally, which critics say will foster racial profiling and discrimination but supporters say will crack down on illegal immigration.

The Republican governor also issued an executive order that would require additional training for local officers on how to implement the law without engaging in racial profiling.

"This training will include what does and does not constitute reasonable suspicion that a person is not legally present in the United States," Brewer said after signing the bill.

Previously, officers could check someone's immigration status only if that person was suspected in another crime.

Brewer's executive order was in response to critics who argue that the new law will lead to racial profiling, saying that most police officers don't have enough training to look past race while investigating a person's legal status.

"Racial profiling is illegal. It is illegal in America, and it's certainly illegal in Arizona," Brewer said.

Only the Left would refer to this bill in "harsh" or "controversial", when in reality all it's doing is reinforcing laws that are already protected by our Constitution (i.e. the 14th Amendment). If you want to be a citizen of the United States do it the right way and get naturalized, hundreds of thousands of people get naturalized every year and most of them are now happy, law-abiding citizens. Good for Governor Brewer and the people of Arizona for standing up for rights the feds choose to ignore.

Keith Olbermann And The Hypocrisy At MsNBC

BaltimoreSun.com:

I am coming late to this rodeo, but there's a good reason for that. I have been on this nasty horse before, long before many of my colleagues, and I have promised myself I would not mount again without taking 24 hours to first think about it.

Well, the 24 hours are up, and here I come to write once again about what a reckless TV figure Keith Olbermann is -- and how irresponsible MSNBC and NBC News management are for giving him a national platform and the network's credibility to spread his innuendo, invective and smears. Olbermann tries to talk like he's Edward R. Murrow, but he operates in the dirty tradition of Joe McCarthy.

I'll give you a link to me criticizing Olbermann as a danger to an informed and reasoned democratic discourse. And then, I'll give you a link to him attempting to smear me in response. But first let me commend the short-lived MSNBC guest host Donny Deutsch for essentially saying this week what I have been saying the last two years: That if you want to talk about the inflammatory rhetoric that poisons our media today, you better include Olbermann in that discussion along with Glenn Beck of Fox News and syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh.

Only Deutsch and his producer "said" it by including video of Olbermann in a montage on MSNBC showing "angry" speech, and got sent home in the middle of a planned weeklong guest-hosting run. As much of a shock as this will be to some of my colleagues, it does appear based on what happened to Deutsch that there is more room for self-criticism on Fox News than there is on MSNBC. Think about it -- I did for 24 hours before writing that sentence.

Here's video showing what got Deutsch in trouble. Brian Stelter, at the New York Times Media Deocoder blog, reported it first and most thoroughly, and Olbermann is now attacking him, too.

That was one of McCarthy's favorite tactics -- not just to push back, but to push back in a way meant to damage the reputation of anyone who would dare criticize him.

You can read Stelter's coverage here, along with the words of Olbermann. The former sportscaster, whose ratings only look good if you compare them to CNN's as opposed to those of the hosts on Fox who bury him, has already done damage to the reputation of MSNBC and NBC News with the reckless words he spewed on the night Scott Brown was elected to the Senate.

As they say in 24/7 Cable TV Land, I think I'll leave it right there for now, and let his words speak for themselves -- the ones that called Brown an "irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, tea bagging, supporter of violence against women and against politicians with whom he disagrees." Is that angry and inflammatory enough for you?

Really now, so liberal pundits are finally discovering what conservatives have been saying for years: that Keith Olbermann is an egotistical maniac, blowhard, hypocrite and all-around joke. Funny that.

Did Barack Obama Conspire To Find His Own Senate Replacement?

FOXNews.com:

The blacked-out portions of a subpoena request filed by lawyers for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich -- which were revealed through a simple computer trick -- suggest President Obama may have played a role in finding his own Senate replacement.

On Thursday, Blagojevich's lawyers asked a federal judge to subpoena the president to testify about questions surrounding the government's allegation that Blagojevich was selling or trading Obama's Senate seat after his election to the White House in November 2008.

"President Barack Obama has direct knowledge of the Senate seat allegation," reads Blagojevich's 11-page motion, filed with U.S. District Judge James B. Zagel.

The court erred when it posted the motion in a pdf file with redactions that could be revealed simply by copying and pasting the blacked-out portions to a plain text file.

Blagojevich attorney Sheldon Sorosky brushed off the error, telling Fox News that he didn't know how the redacted file became viewable, and blaming it on a "low tech guy."

Looks like Barry might have some explaining to do. But then I always felt that Rod Blagojevich was being railroaded in the first place, yunno, Chicago politics being what they are and all.

Anderson Cooper Smacks Down Arizona GOP Birther

Idiots like Mr. Ash feed right into the race-baiters on the Left. If the GOP wants to stop Barry from getting a 2nd term they must move to disassociate themselves from their fringe base.

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Most Americans Want Obama To Take Responsibility, Stop Blaming Bush

FOXNews.com:

Most American voters think it is time for the Obama administration to start taking responsibility for the way things are going in the country.

A Fox News poll released Thursday finds 66 percent of voters think President Obama should start taking responsibility. That’s more than three times as many as the 21 percent who think it’s right to continue to blame the Bush administration for the way things are going today.

Democrats are divided: 42 percent think Obama should step up, while 40 percent say he should continue to blame Bush.

President Obama’s job approval rating improved this week and now stands at 46 percent, up from a record low of 43 percent approval in early April. An equal number of voters disapprove of the job President Obama is doing (46 percent).

A year ago, 62 percent of Americans approved and 29 percent disapproved of the president’s job performance

(22-23 April 2009).

Shocker.

"South Park" Censors Muhammad Episode

NYTimes.com:

An episode of “South Park” that continued a story line involving the Prophet Muhammad was shown Wednesday night on Comedy Central with audio bleeps and image blocks reading “CENSORED” after a Muslim group warned the show’s creators that they could face violence for depicting that holy Islamic prophet. Revolution Muslim, a group based in New York, wrote on its Web site that the “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker “will probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh” for an episode shown last week in which a character said to be the Prophet Muhammad was seen wearing a bear costume. Mr. Van Gogh was slain in Amsterdam in 2004 after making a film that discussed the abuse of Muslim women in some Islamic societies.

The new episode of “South Park” on Wednesday night tried to revisit this character, but with the name and depiction of the character blocked out. It was unclear how much of the bleeping was Mr. Stone and Mr. Parker’s decision. In a message posted on their Web site, SouthParkStudios.com, they wrote that they could not immediately stream the new episode on the site because:

After we delivered the show, and prior to broadcast, Comedy Central placed numerous additional audio bleeps throughout the episode. We do not have network approval to stream our original version of the show.

On Thursday morning, a spokesman for Comedy Central confirmed that the network had added more bleeps to the episode than were in the cut delivered by South Park Studios, and that it was not giving permission for the episode to run on the studio’s Web site.

As much as "South Park" deserves respect for pretty much going after every special interest group on the planet, why would the creators want to perhaps risk their own lives (as well as their family's) by continuously mocking Muhammad and Islamic radicals? Do they not get that these people really believe in their hearts that Allah teaches them to terrorize?

White Kids Banned From Bill Gates Scholarships?

Cofcc.org:

Bill Gates has made his scholarship fund off limits to white teenagers. The Gates Millennium Scholarship fund is financed by a $1 Billion endowment Bill Gates made in 1999. The fund explicitly denies eligibility to white students.

“Students are eligible to be considered for a GMS scholarship if they: Are African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian and Pacific Islander American, or Hispanic American;”

I hope that this isn't true, because if it is it would be one of the most disgraceful examples of liberal hypocrisy in the supposedly "post-racial" Obama Era I've ever witnessed. Indeed, Bill Gates may suffer from some kind of self-hate regarding his race, but if it wasn't for white folks love for Microsoft products he wouldn't near as mega-rich as he is.

2nd Circuit Restores ACORN Funding Ban

AP.com:

A federal appeals court on Wednesday handed the government a victory by temporarily blocking a judge's finding that Congress was wrong to halt federal funding to the activist group ACORN.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan also agreed to expedite the government's appeal of U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon's rulings that the funding cutoff was unconstitutional. Oral arguments were likely to occur before July.

The appeals court's one-paragraph decision to freeze Gershon's two rulings that found Congress acted unconstitutionally will remain in place until the 2nd Circuit rules on the merits of the government's appeal. It acted a day after hearing arguments.

The government had argued that it was necessary to block the Brooklyn judge's ruling to ensure that federal agencies weren't required to commit funds that haven't been appropriated by Congress. It said Congress did the same as several states and localities when it tried to protect federal funds by stopping certain federal agencies from pledging money to ACORN and its affiliates because of evidence of systemic mismanagement by the group.

Good.

Alonzo Rachel Gets Back At NY Times Race-Baiter Charles Blow

NewsBusters.org:

Laura Ingraham on Monday took New York Times columnist Charles Blow to task for calling last Thursday's Dallas Tea Party a minstrel show.

In his column published Saturday, Blow said of the tax day gathering he witnessed in the Lone Star State:

Thursday night I saw a political minstrel show devised for the entertainment of those on the rim of obliviousness and for those engaged in the subterfuge of intolerance. I was not amused.

With this in mind, Ingraham invited Blow on her radio program Monday to explain how he came to this conclusion.

The conservative talk radio host quickly got the Times columnist to admit that he hadn't seen any overt acts of racism at the Party, but he refused to explain what made it a minstrel show

LAURA INGRAHAM, HOST: So, what was the worst display of overt racism that you witnessed?

CHARLES BLOW, NEW YORK TIMES: I didn't say I had witnessed any overt...

INGRAHAM: You called it a minstrel show, Charles. Those are kind of loaded terms, don't you think?

BLOW: Did I say that I had witnessed any overt racism at...

INGRAHAM: What's a minstrel, what's a minstrel show?

BLOW: What is racism to you, Laura?

INGRAHAM: No, the other way around where racism is someone...

BLOW: What is racism to you, Laura?

INGRAHAM: You know what I think is racism? I think racism is someone who judges another person based on the color of his or her skin without knowing anything about the individual, without talking to the individual, without interviewing the individual, without having a conversation with the individual.

Jon Stewart Admits He's Nothing More Than A Liberal Elitist Posing As A Comedian

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Newsbusters.org:

With that, Stewart and choir continued to sing the vulgar lyrics.

Unfortunately lost in all the gratuitous profanity was that Stewart admitted NBC, ABC, and CBS are liberally biased -- "the disorganized liberal influence you find on NBC, ABC and CBS."

Regardless of how "faint" Stewart might believe this influence is, at least he acknowledged it Tuesday night.

But doesn't that undermine his entire rebuttal?

Goldberg's point Monday was that the press are liberally-biased, and that Stewart is aiding and abetting such bias by almost exclusively focusing on Fox's conservative leanings.

Irrespective of whether or not "The Daily Show" host wants to be fair and balanced, the fact that he recognizes bias at the other networks but typically fails to call them on it while regularly attacking Fox makes him part of the problem AND thereby validates Goldberg's argument.

Earlier in the segment, Stewart said:

Not all of us have your guts Bernie. It takes a tough man to walk into O'Reilly's lion's den to criticize liberal elites.

Maybe so, but those same liberal elites know that when they go on "The Daily Show," the host is going to toss them softballs, which again was Goldberg's point.

Then too is the biggest joke is Stewart saying that he never calls himself "edgy", when in fact the "edgy" card is what he's exploited throughout his whole career--he wouldn't have his career if the lib media didn't consistently present him as "edgy". Look, I can admit that unlike Bill Maher, Jon Stewart can be funny at times, but when you take yourself as seriously as Stewart often does with politics and social commentary (again, part of Goldberg's point), don't get your panties all wet when the same people you obsess over, FOX News, calls you out on how much of a phony you are.

Navy Seal On Trial For Punching 'Blackwater Killer'

FOXNews.com:

A U.S. sailor testified Wednesday he saw a Navy SEAL punch an Iraqi prisoner suspected of masterminding the killings in 2004 of four U.S. private security contractors, as the court-martial of another member of the elite unit allegedly involved in the incident opened at a military base outside Baghdad.

Petty Officer 1st Class Julio Huertas, wearing his blue Navy uniform, appeared in a military courtroom at the Victory Base Camp on Baghdad's western outskirts to answer charges of dereliction of duty and impeding an official investigation. He has pleaded not guilty.

Huertas, 28, of Blue Island, Illinois, is the first of three Navy SEALs to go on trial in connection with the alleged assault of the Iraqi prisoner, Ahmed Hashim Abed. He is accused of failing to safeguard the prisoner and attempting to influence the testimony of another service member. The SEALs' case has gained widespread sympathy in the United States as well as support from at least 20 lawmakers in Congress who have urged U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates to drop the charges.

Abed was arrested last September on charges of orchestrating the grisly killings of four Blackwater security contractors whose burned corpses were dragged through the Iraqi city of Fallujah west of Baghdad. Two of the guards' bodies were hung from a bridge over the Euphrates River in the insurgent attack.

It's a disgrace that our troops are being treated like this by their military. Barry could've stepped in here and put a stop to this nonsense, but he hasn't and he won't because that's not something a U.S.A.-bashing, liberal elitist ike him would do.

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Law Against Animal Cruelty Videos

WaPo.com:

The Supreme Court struck down a federal law Tuesday aimed at banning videos depicting graphic violence against animals, saying that it violates the constitutional right to free speech.

Chief Justice John J. Roberts Jr., writing for an eight-member majority, said the law was overly broad and not allowed by the First Amendment. He rejected the government's argument that whether certain categories of speech deserve constitutional protection depends on balancing the value of the speech against its societal costs.

"The First Amendment's guarantee of free speech does not extend only to categories of speech that survive an ad hoc balancing of relative social costs and benefits," Roberts wrote. "The First Amendment itself reflects a judgment by the American people that the benefits of its restrictions on the Government outweigh the costs. Our Constitution forecloses any attempt to revise that judgment simply on the basis that some speech is not worth it."

The law was enacted in 1999 to forbid sales of so-called "crush videos," which appeal to a certain sexual fetish by depicting the torture of animals or showing them being crushed to death by women with stiletto heels or their bare feet. But the government has not prosecuted such a case. Instead, the case before the court, United States v. Stevens, came from Robert Stevens of Pittsville, Va., who was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison for videos he made about pit bull fighting.

Animal rights groups and 26 states had joined the Obama administration in support of the 1999 law. They argued that videos showing animal cruelty should be treated like child pornography rather than granted constitutional protection.

But Roberts said the federal law was so broadly written that it could include all depictions of killing animals, even hunting videos. He said the court was not passing judgment about whether "a statute limited to crush videos or other depictions of extreme animal cruelty would be constitutional."

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. was the lone dissenter.

"The First Amendment protects freedom of speech, but it most certainly does not protect violent criminal conduct, even if engaged in for expressive purposes," Alito wrote.

I agree with Justice Alito. What the hell does the 1st Amendment have to do with people who harm animals for the sport of it?

Obama Picks Golf Over Polish President's Funeral

FOXNews.com:

President Obama is taking fire for his decision to hit the links Sunday after being forced to cancel his trip to Poland to attend the funeral of the nation's president.

The Warsaw Business Journal's headline read: "Obama Goes Golfing Instead of Attending Kachinsky's Funeral." It also quoted a Washington Times article noting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vice President Biden both have taken time to visit the Polish embassy to sign a book of condolences, something the president has yet to do.

Of course President Obama was not the only world leader prohibited from attending because of the cloud of smoke and ash from the volcano in Iceland.

Speaking of Golf, CBS Radio White House reporter Mark Knoller says President Obama has played 32 times since taking office. In his eight years, President George W. Bush played 24 times, giving it up in late 2003, saying it wasn't appropriate during a time of war.

Of course, Krazy Keith and his friends in the lib media were "OUTRAGED!!!" about Bush's golfing habits, but say little about Barry's.

Pro-Gay Obama Gets Heckled By Pro-Gay Hecklers

First, remember the faux OUTRAGE! the lib media hurled at FOX News Bret Baier for supposedly being disrespectful by constantly interrupting the Prez during their interview a couple of months ago. But as we learned many a time during the Bush years, it's only ok to disrespect a President if you're a Democrat.

Second, there's the fact that the Left (this speech took place in San Francisco so you just know the majority, if not all of the crowd here were white liberals) haven't seen a more gay-friendly President in their lifetime--do these idiots not recall that just week Barry issued an executive order demanding that hospitals around the country give gays "equal rights" with hospital visits? Do they not pay attention to the fact that the vast majority of conservatives can't stand Barry and view him as an ideologue? Do they not get just how much on their side he's on?

Lastly, the look on his face tells you that Barry is clearly annoyed and he very well should be. Here is the President of the United States taking time out of his busy schedule to endorse a just as radically-Left, local Senator and he gets heckled by his own base. For what? Not repealing DADT? A move he's vocally supported since he first took the oath? Do these loons really think he can just wave a wand and give them every thing they want on a silver platter? Like yesterday? Well yeah, I guess they do. Of course the irony here is that Barry gets half the blame for putting it in their heads that...'Yes, He Can!'. But then when you lie down with dogs . . .

Bernie Goldberg Calls Jon Stewart A "Safe, Jay Leno With A Much Smaller Audience"

Mediaite.com:

Last week Jon Stewart made a particularly strong critique of the overgeneralizations and stereotypes made by the pundits on Fox News, saving special pique for Fox News media analyst Bernie Goldberg. Appearing tonight on The O’Reilly Factor, Goldberg got his chance to return the volley, and, for fans of these sorts of media battles, he did not disappoint. Goldberg pushed back hard at Stewart, and reached to a personal level rarely seen in these sorts of media battles.

Now that's what I call a smackdown.

Black Tea Party Activists Speak Out

Despite what the white, liberal media tells you, not only do Black Tea Party activists exist, but they sound pretty articulate and independent-minded to me. Amazing that.

"You're working for the Democrats and that's the party of slavery." Heh....nothing like using FACTS to dispute the race-baiters.

Jenna Bush Interviews Bill Clinton

It's something liberals must hate with a passion: a daughter of a man they despise, one that they once found every minuscule reason to ridicule and smear for 8 years, is now a successful author, wife, TV reporter and humanitarian. Oh the shame.

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Obama To Give Barbara Boxer A "Boost"

CNN.com:

President Obama heads west Monday afternoon to headline two political fundraisers for his party and for a fellow Democrat. It's the president's second night of fundraising over the past four days.

Obama is the main attraction at two events in Los Angeles for the Democratic National Committee and Sen. Barbara Boxer of California. According to the White House schedule, the president will deliver remarks at a fundraising reception Boxer and the DNC at the California Science Center. Then Obama heads to the Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles, where he will speak at a fundraising dinner for Boxer and the DNC. A Democratic source confirms to CNN that the two events will raise at least $3 million in campaign cash.

LOL! Barry giving a fellow liberal a "boost" in the midst of a tough election bid? We've seen how well that worked with Jon Corzine and Martha Coaxley--in other words, this is terrific news for conservatives who want to be rid of Barbara "Don't Call Me Madame!" Boxer.

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Judge Rules National Day Of Prayer Unconstitutional

Henry Waxman Cancels ObamaCare Meeting

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Advocates Push For Stillborn Birth Certificates

Eric Holder: Miranda Warnings For Terrorists Won't Harm Interrogations

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Press Corps Airs Grievances To White House

Is Obama Using Israel As Scapegoat For His Foreign Policy Failures?

"Christian" Singer Jennifer Knapp Comes Out As Lesbian

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Scott Brown Thanks Tea Party, Says Obama Needs To Concentrate On Jobs

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Radical Liberal Senator Barbara Boxer Faces Tough Re-Election Fight In California

HuffPo.com:

Hints of re-election trouble for U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer come from a 65-year-old travel agent from this leafy Los Angeles suburb who's a fellow Democrat.

To Helen Sargent, taxes and the national debt are too high, President Barack Obama has proved a disappointment and the Democratic Party needs new faces.

Boxer, who's seeking a fourth term this fall, "has been there too long," Sargent said. "All politicians have a shelf life."

Those are troubling words for Boxer, who won in a 20-point landslide six years ago but now faces the fight of her political career. The nation's economic woes – particularly intense in hard-hit California – and a difficult electoral year for Democrats have created a rough challenge for the 69-year-old liberal Democrat.

Boxer carried Westlake Village by 56 votes in 2004. She's quick to acknowledge the times have changed.

"It's going to be hard. It's going to be tough. I've said that from day one," Boxer told reporters in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Woah, what a huge win this would be for conservatives if understandably frustrated Californian's managed to get rid of Boxer. Who cares about who replaces her? Boxer's so far entrenched in the loon wing, she really makes Pelosi look "nice".