Tom McClintock endorses Tom Del Beccaro in #CASen over establishment pick Duf Sundheim

Reforming government to make it smaller & more responsible are our goals, thankful to @RepMcClintock endorsement! pic.twitter.com/VM1dhJxULd

— Thomas Del Beccaro (@tomdelbeccaro) February 19, 2016

Rep. @tommcclintock - beloved by CA conservs - backs Tom Del Beccaro in #CASen over establishment pick Duf Sundheim. #formerCAGOPchairsatwar

— Seema Mehta (@LATSeema) February 18, 2016

“If you're a Democratic donor its hard to get all excited about which Democratic woman will replace the current Democratic woman in the Senate.”

Eyebrows rise in California as Dem Senate candidate makes changes to campaign staff https://t.co/Y3tZzkbtOV pic.twitter.com/ERD3Q0WpXD

— The Hill (@thehill) November 22, 2015

“She's perceived as very, very difficult to work for,” one strategist familiar with the campaign told The Hill. “She doesn't have real relationships and partnerships. She has acquaintances.”

The fundraising numbers point to the problem, the strategist said.

“Here she is, she's running for Senate, as an African American woman, she should be raising gobs of money,” the source said. “The fact that she's raising one and a half to 2 million a quarter, is absurd.

“She expects fundraisers who helped Obama to help her…She gets upset when donors don't flock to her, it drives her crazy that she actually has to meet and talk with people,” the source added....

Since announcing her bid for the Senate in January, Harris has raised $5.9 million and spent $2.6 million, at a relatively high burn rate of 44 percent. In the most recent fundraising quarter, Harris raised $1.7 million and spent $1.4 million at an even higher burn rate of 82 percent, according to Federal Elections Commission filings.

Six Republicans would beat front-runner Clinton in new poll https://t.co/1hvSAqX6JC pic.twitter.com/kM9IvWZSml

— The Hill (@thehill) November 23, 2015

@SenatorBoxer: #ThanksObama for rejecting ill-advised Keystone XL pipeline

.@SenatorBoxer: #ThanksObama for rejecting ill-advised Keystone XL piple https://t.co/YCwR1HJSOw pic.twitter.com/ZnREcNycYu

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) November 7, 2015

Scott Walker on media rage re his false quote: “Yes, I was talking about my sons’s ultrasounds images”

ICYMI: Deliberately out-of-context Scott Walker quote fits 'war on women' narrative, goes viral http://t.co/dRIZG2DPqB

— TwitchyTeam (@TwitchyTeam) May 28, 2015

Politico Smears Scott Walker With False Quote http://t.co/BYDqZv4h4l with screenshots and the VIDEO via @DLoesch pic.twitter.com/H0QdNWv7TA

— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) May 28, 2015

What is not "cool" is @GovWalker forcing women to have an unnecessary and intrusive procedure. http://t.co/LRRp2YtaQ2

— Sen. Barbara Boxer (@SenatorBoxer) May 27, 2015

See how it works? Prog blog publishes fake quote, MSNBC, Politico run with it, now parroted by Dem party acct. https://t.co/MxXFzt4uKx

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 28, 2015

Scott Walker says ultrasound photos are cool, prog media freaks. Bernie Sanders writes that women fantasize about rape, crickets.

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 29, 2015

Tonight on #DailyDana: The creation of a narrative, plus, Fake Quote Jeopardy feat. @BenHowe @LawrenceBJones3 and @jason_howerton 6pmET!

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 28, 2015

Typical. @joshtpm lies about hearing my interview, phones in a story centered around a fake quote, then says everyone else is “histrionic."

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 28, 2015

TheBlaze TV’s Dana Loesch hit back at Politico and other news outlets on Wednesday after they ran misleading headlines about her interview with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday.

Politico’s initial headline read: “Scott Walker on mandatory ultrasounds: ‘It’s just a cool thing out there.’” Sensing the impending controversy, several other news websites ran similar headlines.

The only problem is the quote was seemingly taken out of context in a big way. Here’s exactly what Walker told Loesch on Tuesday about ultrasounds:

“Most people I talk to, whether they’re pro-life or not, I find people all the time who’ll get out their iPhone and show me a picture of their grandkids’ ultrasound and how excited they are, so that’s a lovely thing. I think about my sons are 19 and 20, you know we still have their first ultrasound picture. It’s just a cool thing out there.”

.@DLoesch's @GovWalker Timeline of False #Ultrasound Narrative https://t.co/zDQn6QxN9N #Dailydana @Theblaze

— Dana (@DanaTheBlaze) May 28, 2015

So far @HuffingtonPost , @Jezebel @NPR @TPM @rweingarten @SenatorBoxer refuse to retract completely false quote: http://t.co/i9YGnNLSBQ

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 27, 2015

ICYMI: Exclusive: Gov Walker Slams Media Over Fabricated Quote And Headlines http://t.co/nUFau6jzUv

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 29, 2015

California Democrat Adam Schiff opts not to run for Barbara Boxer's Senate seat

California Democrat Adam Schiff opts not to run for Barbara Boxer's Senate seat: http://t.co/rwCthfrcrD pic.twitter.com/TVkGMJfKjo

— The Hill (@thehill) May 12, 2015

...,so far, state Attorney General Kamala Harris (D) is the only big-name Democrat to announce plans to run.

Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D), largely seen as Harris’ initial rival, turned down the chance to run a month after Harris announced her intentions.

Initially, many experts predicted that the race could be historically expensive, thanks to the state's population, the presence of multiple top media markets, and the "jungle" primary system that pits candidates from both parties against each other in the primary election.

Other names initially floated as potential candidates, including Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and billionaire Tom Steyer — decided against running.

Harris may still see competition. Democratic Reps. Xavier Becerra, Loretta Sanchez and Jackie Speier are among those considering jumping in.

REPUBLICAN TOME DEL BECCARO IS RUNNING:

Tom Del Beccaro, ex GOP chairman & Walnut Creek resident, enters US Senate race in California http://t.co/cfiNfM0Eoz pic.twitter.com/VdOJxH1cTk

— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) April 27, 2015

You can now order "The Divided Era" on Amazon http://t.co/uOEcnA6yg1 Meet me on the book tour and I will sign it! pic.twitter.com/Jzqj2TOgYg

— Thomas Del Beccaro (@tomdelbeccaro) May 8, 2015

Republican Tom Del Beccaro announces U.S. Senate run

Interview with @philmatier on @CBSSF where I announced running for Boxer's U.S. Senate Seat http://t.co/NFvQojMqzH pic.twitter.com/JZ8465ecnC

— Thomas Del Beccaro (@tomdelbeccaro) April 26, 2015

◼ Tom Del Beccaro, a former chairman of the California Republican Party, announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate on Sunday, promising to focus on the state’s uneven economic recovery and punishing drought in his bid to succeed Democrat Barbara Boxer. - Sacramento Bee

Del Beccaro, an attorney and published author who will pair his run with an upcoming book tour, said he plans to advocate for a nationwide flat tax. He also will campaign to make California a water-technology leader.

“I support a flat tax nationwide, the repeal of California’s high-speed rail bond and a comprehensive water infrastructure and acquisition program for California,” Del Beccaro said in a statement. “California, which historically has been a high-tech leader, should be the world leader in water technology to meet the challenges of tomorrow, and we need a new generation of leaders who will champion the policies necessary to foster that.”

He plans to use the May 26 release of his book, “The Divided Era,” to help launch what he acknowledges will be an uphill campaign given the Democratic Party’s 15-percentage-point advantage in voter registration....

◼ In KPIX Interview, Former California GOP Chairman Launches Campaign For U.S. Senate - CBS SF

“I think it’s time for a new generation of ideas when it comes to economic policy, certainly water policy and also foreign policy” Del Beccaro said.

.@tomdelbeccaro wants to see a national flat tax, which he said would "raise more money" http://t.co/SqSpbMJPys

— Political Vanguard (@PoliticalVan) April 26, 2015

Interview: Former GOP Party Chairman Faces Long Odds In Quest For Boxer's Senate Seat

◼ A lot of people have their eyes on Barbara Boxer's senate seat, including former California Republican Party chairman Tom Del Beccaro. Anne Makovec talked to Tom on Sunday, asking him if he really thinks he can win in a Democratic bastion like California. - KPIX

California Media Denies Equal Coverage for Republican Candidates

◼ Recently, the junior Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer from California announced her retirement at the end of her current Senate term. - The Blaze

...With all of the media hype surrounding prominent Democrats in California, prominent Republicans who might seek to run are being briefly mentioned or completely omitted from news stories. Republicans are automatically being overlooked as viable contenders, even though they have the experience and name recognition to win the seat....

Briefly mentioning a viable contender because they’re of the minority party is journalistically appalling. Whatever happened to fair reporting, where any personal opinions and political agendas were irrelevant? What happened to real journalism, where all the facts are reported, not just the facts the reporters and the publishers like?

California has a real opportunity to seek change. Californians can seek a different path. We don’t know what the Golden State will choose until we leave it to the voters. Assuming voters will choose the most progressive liberal possible is an insult to those of us who live here. Not all of us want “hope and change.” Not all of us chose to have our beloved state move the direction it’s going.

It’s time for the media to allow the voter to make their own decisions. It’s time for the media to do their job and report the facts, not their own biased opinions. Jumping to conclusions this early in the game not only hurts our political process but it’s degrading to voters.

Kamala Harris in, Gavin Newsom out in run for Boxer's Senate seat

◼ Just like that, the race for Barbara Boxer's coveted U.S. Senate seat, which opens up when she retires in 2016, took surprisingly quick shape Monday as two of California's highest-profile Democrats revealed their plans. - San Jose Mercury News

Since Boxer announced last Thursday that her current, fourth six-year term will be her last, the question plaguing politicians and pundits has been, "who will run for what?" At play is not only this seat, but the governor's office in 2018 when Gov. Jerry Brown will be term-limited out, and also California's other U.S. Senate seat, as many believe Sen. Dianne Feinstein will retire after her current term expires.

Harris, 50, who splits her time between San Francisco and Los Angeles and was just sworn into her second term as California's "top cop," isn't just announcing interest in the 2016 Senate race, a top political aide said late Monday: "She's in, she's declaring candidacy." Her announcement is expected Tuesday.

Hours earlier, Newsom, 47, of Ross, had posted an announcement to Facebook saying he's out and implying he's more interested in succeeding Brown as governor.

◼ Villaraigosa ‘seriously’ considering Senate run; Steyer to decide soon - Sacramento Bee

Villaraigosa, who left office in 2013, is one of several high-profile Democrats who may have their eye on Boxer’s seat in 2016. Others include Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Kamala Harris, environmental activist Tom Steyer and U.S. Reps. Jackie Speier, Loretta Sanchez and John Garamendi. Among the Republicans, former state GOP chairmen Tom Del Beccaro and Duf Sundheim are plotting runs.

◼ avin Newsom won’t run for California Senate seat; all eyes on Kamala Harris - Politico


Americans for Prosperity California - GAVIN NEWSOM OUT of Senate race to replace Boxer. Possible contenders... State Attorney General Kamala Harris (California's version of Elizabeth Warren), Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (California's version of Bill Clinton), Rep. Jackie Speier (California's version of an empty suit), and Tom Steyer (California's version of Al Gore).

DEL BECCARO, FORMER CHAIR OF CA REPUBLICAN PARTY, CONSIDERS BID FOR BOXER SENATE SEAT

◼ In a statement, Del Beccaro said Boxer’s upcoming retirement provides the state with “the opportunity for new leadership.” - Daniel Nussbaum/Breitbart

“Our state needs a hopeful voice that will bring balance to our representation in Washington and favor economic prosperity for all Californians over economic directives from government,” Del Beccaro said. “California has the richest natural and human resources in the world. We shouldn’t be number one in poverty. We should be number one in prosperity. We can regain that prosperity by empowering individuals and fostering an environment for achievement.”

...“Let’s talk to more Californians than ever before,” he continued. “It’s time for the Republicans to truly go outside their comfort zone and bring their message to as many Californians as possible. By coming together for a common goal – prosperity – we can heal the growing divide in California between those struggling to make a living and those prospering.”

...In addition to his former post as head of the California Republican Party, Del Baccaro is an attorney and an author. He is the publisher of Political Vanguard and is a regular contributor to Forbes.

Del Beccaro joins a long list of potential successors to Sen. Boxer, who announced this week that she will not seek another term when her current term expires in 2016.

Barbara Boxer Announces Resignation in Bizarre Video

Daily Surge via Breitbart

◼ Barbara Boxer's Greatest Hits: California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer is calling it quits after four terms. What will the liberal heroine — less charitably described by Dennis Miller as “bat-guano crazy, she sleeps up-side down” — be remembered for? - Daily Caller

Call her Ma'am. Senator Barbara Boxer Says She Won’t Seek Re-election in 2016

◼ Senator Barbara Boxer announced Thursday that she would not seek re-election as senator from California, ending a 30-year career in Congress and breaking a generational logjam in a state where the three top political officeholders are over 70 years old. - New York Times

Boxer throws in the towel. http://t.co/DnV7lQewXL | Getty pic.twitter.com/VVv5dQ4jOJ

— POLITICO (@politico) January 8, 2015

Barbara Boxer, done. http://t.co/3hAUzttyz0 pic.twitter.com/zCdNch5Iih

— National Review (@NRO) January 8, 2015

Issa: Boxer's seat was already "vacant" http://t.co/TmGAurNto5

— POLITICO (@politico) January 8, 2015

first retirement thanks to new dem minority... who is next? RT @cam_joseph: Boxer announces retirement plans: http://t.co/vOkB0vQl8r

— Andrea Bozek (@AndreaBozek) January 8, 2015

OMG watch Nancy Pelosi's reaction when she hears Barbara Boxer's retiring. https://t.co/Jm8zgT1tPc http://t.co/JFB0Ya5g0m

— Chris Moody (@moody) January 8, 2015

RT @newsbusters: NBC Nightly News Declines to Label Retiring California Senator Barbara Boxer a Liberal http://t.co/d7jEpASm8g

— WhiteHousePressCorps (@whpresscorps) January 9, 2015

Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein shouldn't run again, majority of voters say

◼ Although U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein — two of California's most experienced political figures — remain popular, a majority (59%) of state voters say they should not run for reelection, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. - SEEMA MEHTA/LA Times

That sentiment was expressed by 79% of Republicans. But even many Democrats said it was time for new representation.

Forty-four percent of Democratic respondents preferred new candidates, compared with 43% who said Boxer and Feinstein should run again.

California is run from a sort of Pacific Versailles, an isolated coastal compound of elite rulers physically cut off from its interior peasantry.

◼ Versailles in California - Victor Davis Hanson/PJM

...Take the Steyer brothers, who pledge some of their many hundreds of millions to stop fracking, natural gas use, pipelines, etc., and yet whose firms made much of their billions financing coal plants in the former Third World. Then there is the multimillionaire Rep. Nancy Pelosi praising the idea of de facto open borders from one of her many tony homes. Sen. Barbara Boxer has usually opposed finishing the second and third phase infrastructure of the various state and federal water projects — and then moved to Rancho Mirage, a desert retreat for largely white (90% plus) multimillionaires, whose beautiful artificial lakes and numerous golf courses are not predicated on its 3-4 inches of rain per year, but instead on multibillion-dollar infrastructure that allows water diversions from the Colorado River.

Diversity is a popular coastal concept — for others. The three most powerful elected federal representatives of a state (Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Dianne Feinstein and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi) with the largest percentage of Latino residents, with the greatest number of residents under the poverty line and with the largest percentage of residents on welfare are three Bay Area liberal multimillionaire women in their seventies. In current liberal parlance, that is a demographic hardly reflective of their constituents’ ethnic, gender, age, class, or geographical diversity.

The same habits characterize education....

◼ Zero percent water - Alan Heathcock/Medium with Photographs by Matt Black

The drought is now killing off century-old California farms. People here don’t blame the weather gods for not bringing rain — they blame the rest of us for not giving a damn.

...Andy Vidak, cherry farmer and senator for the 16th district, piggybacks Yarbro’s passion, and for the next 20 minutes goes deeply and conspiratorially political. He educates me on a long series of decisions made by a “small percentage of politicians who also hold the most power” in collaboration with radical environmentalists who have worked to destroy the farmers of the Central Valley. “This is perfect politics,” Vidak says. “The perfect war. This valley is conservative.” He contends big-city liberals are aware they can save the salmon, don the hero’s crown for environmentalists, all while eliminating conservative political opposition.

I respectfully suggest that one of the most productive agricultural valleys in the world couldn’t possibly be sacrificed in the name of politics — there’s a population base, functioning towns.

“No,” Vidak counters. “People in New York or Boise, Idaho, don’t care where their produce comes from.” The valley of farmers could go away, and so long as the product came from elsewhere no one would care.

He tells me a story of a local food bank. It was mid-summer and the men in line would be working if so much land wasn’t left unfarmed due to the water crisis. If that wasn’t bad enough, he noticed the food bank was handing out cans of carrots grown in China.

“Carrots from China,” Vidak says. “All while we have two of the largest carrot growers in the world down here. That’s just wrong.”

CORKER SLAMS OBAMA, KERRY FOR 'EXERCISING THE WORST JUDGMENT POSSIBLE' ON ISIS... Leaves Boxer 'Shaking & Trembling'

◼ Kerry urges Syrians to fight 'Isis first' as Obama rules out combat mission – as it happened - The Guardian - Live updates

Obama says ‘no combat mission’ for US troops in Iraq
House of Representatives passes bill to arm Syrian rebels
Secretary of State John Kerry testifies before Congress
Kerry: ‘there will be some strange bedfellows’ in coalition
Senators criticise ‘Isis first’ policy and classified details

◼ Kerry got into a heated exchange with Corker who said, "I want to say as I said personally, we have three senators, president, vice president, secretary of state, that are exercising terrible judgment right now. And to say that you're going to do this regardless of what we say, you're not going to ask for buy-in by the United States Senate or House of Representatives on behalf of the American people in a conflict that's going to be multiyear. Some people say a decade. Taking us into another country with a different enemy, is exercising the worst judgment possible." - Breitbart

Barbara Boxer re-election run looking unlikely

◼ It's not just that she has less than $200,000 in her campaign account, compared with $3.5 million at this stage before her last election fight. Some comments from those who know the 73-year-old senator are also telling. - SF Chronicle

"She is not running for re-election," said one longtime Democratic fundraiser with deep ties to Boxer, who spoke only on background.

State Democratic Party Chairman John Burton, Boxer's longtime friend and mentor, says she has not informed him of her intentions. But at a Democratic Party fundraiser in San Francisco on Thursday night, co-hosted by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Kamala Harris, Burton told the crowd, "When we meet here four years from tonight, we could be looking at one California governor and one U.S. senator."

◼ BOXER MAY DROP 'SENATOR' FOR 'MA'AM' - William Bigelow/Breitbart

...Prospective candidates on the GOP side include two candidates capable of self-funding: Rep. Darrell Issa and business executive Carly Fiorina. Fiorina lost to Boxer in 2010.

Barbara Boxer Praises Santa Monica Shooting That Left Six People Dead: “This Gives Us Wind At Our Back” To Pass Gun Control…

Sen. Boxer’s latest take on Benghazi: “Mirror, mirror, who cut the funding for diplomatic security”?

Boxer Uses Snow White to Blame GOP for Benghazi



◼ On the Senate floor earlier today, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) - Erika Johnsen/HotAir

Barbara Boxer: Gosnell Horrors No Different Than Problems at Any Clinic

◼ In a speech...on the Senate floor, pro-abortion Sen. Barbara Boxer of California opposed a resolution calling for hearings on abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell and abortion. - LifeNews

As LifeNews has reported, Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal is leading the opposition to the resolution and Boxer joined him on the floor of the Senate today to articulate her opposition.

During the speech, Boxer said the problems at the Gosnell abortion clinic were really no different than problems at any other medical clinic.

1,351 days without a budget from @SenateDems.

Last time they passed a budget was April 29, 2009.