Barbara Boxer Continues to Struggle in California

Deborah White reports:

Three-term Sen. Barbara Boxer oddly pleaded from the podium at the California Democratic Convention over the weekend, "Will you help me? Will you get excited? I need you to be as excited as the tea party people!" Sen. Boxer's obvious frustration was due to flagging poll numbers for her 2010 reelection bid. Per a Rasmussen poll as of April 14th:

"Incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer now receives no more than 43% support against any of her top three GOP opponents in her reelection bid... "The latest... survey of likely voters shows Box

Senator Barbara Boxer Issues Statement on Palin

Boxer on Palin:

The vice president is a heartbeat away from becoming president, so to choose someone with not one hour’s worth of experience on national issues is a dangerous choice.

If John McCain thought that choosing Sarah Palin would attract Hillary Clinton voters, he is badly mistaken.

The only similarity between her and Hillary Clinton is that they are both women. On the issues, they could not be further apart.

Sen. McCain had so many other options if he wanted to put a woman on his ticket, such as Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison or Sen. Olympia Snowe -– they would have been an appropriate choice compared to this dangerous choice.

In addition, Sarah Palin is under investigation by the Alaska state legislature, which makes this more incomprehensible.