Day: September 16, 2010
CA Sen: Boxer’s ‘Blistering’ Ad Spotlights Fiorina’s Tripling Own Salary While Laying off 30k Workers
Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer released a blistering new ad Wednesday that accused rival Carly Fiorina of enriching herself as the chief executive of Hewlett-Packard while presiding over thousands of layoffs and the relocation of American jobs overseas.
The 30-second ad, airing on broadcast and cable channels in California’s four largest media markets, hews to the central theme that Boxer has tried to drive on the campaign trail: that Republican nominee Fiorina was an unfeeling CEO who valued personal ambition over the jobs of average workers.
“Fiorina shipped jobs to China and while Californians lost their jobs, Fiorina tripled her salary and bought a million-dollar yacht,” the narrator says. “Carly Fiorina. Outsourcing jobs. Out for herself.”
Poll: Congressional GOP Approval at 20%, Statistical Tie in House Generic – Enthusiam Gap Among INDs Could Spell Trouble for GOP
In spite of the media’s set-in-stone narrative about the 2010 midterms that Republicans are ascendant, a new CBS poll finds that just 20 percent of voters approve of the job Republicans in Congress are doing, while over two-thirds — 68 percent — disapprove.
The depressed enthusiasm among independents is significant because they tend to lean Republican in red states, and nearly all of the 70 or so contested Democratic House seats are in districts where McCain-Palin won in 2008.
Conversely, approval of the Democrats’ performance in Congress is at 30 percent, with 58 percent disapproving.
The poll found a statistically even split in the generic House race question, with 40 percent saying they would vote for the generic Republican and 38 percent saying they’d vote for the Democrat.
Pundits have also been flogging away at the enthusiasm gap between Republicans and Democrats — but if you factor in those who say they are “more enthusiastic” with those who say they are equally as enthusiastic now as they were in 2008, the gap narrows to 6 points.
Christine O’Donnell’s Twitter Hash Tag
#41yearoldvirgin An acceptable Twitter hash tag when referring to Christine O’Donnell, the abstinence advocate who is running as the GOP-tea party candidate from Delaware for the U.S. Senate against Democrat Chris Coon. (Credit: RudePundit.)
