CA-Sen: Steel, former CRP Chair and RNCer, Trashes Campbell
Shawn Steel, a former California Republican Party chairman and currently a RNC National Committeeman, trashed Tom Campbell and his alleged associations with Sami al-Arian in a post published on the conservative Flash Report.
After Campbell's ill fated support for the atrocious Prop 1-A, last year, mercifully defeated by over 60% of the voters, helping initiate the Tea Party Movement, Campbell lost all justification for seeking higher office. Like some Republicans, Campbell thought just a few more taxes will help "solve" the budget crisis. Campbell failed to understand the first rule for solvent government. It's the Spending Stupid. [...]
Add on Campbell's foreign policy chops, and its time to duck. There probably has not been anyone so little deserving the republican senate nomination, since......well its hard to find a parallel. Tom Kuchel? William M. Gwin?
Conservatives latched onto Campbell and his credentials on foreign policy several weeks ago. The attacks irked Campbell so much that in last week's debate, it appeared the Republican hopeful's game plan for the afternoon was to establish he wasn't, in fact, anti-Israel.
CA-Sen: Campbell Faces Questions on Israel from Conservatives
Carly Fiorina lodged harsh attacks on Tom Campbell, branding her fellow Republican senatorial hopeful as "anti-Israel" and raising connections with a Palestinian immigrant that pleaded guilty to working with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
The charges are based on several articles published by conservative publications, Commentary Magazine and the American Spectator.
Spectator writer Philip Klein summarized:
While campaigning in 2000, U.S. Senate candidate Tom Campbell called for a Palestinian state with a capital in Jerusalem, said that Israel received too much funding from the United States, argued that President Clinton was too pro-Israel, and recalled receiving a condolence phone call from Palestinian terrorist Yasser Arafat after he injured himself during a visit to the region.
Campbell called the attacks "bizarre" and "desperate" in a statement and later addressed them in an interview with a conservative blog. Klein slammed Campbell's defense of his record on Israel as "lies" and "distort[ions]."
Despite a defense from David Frum, it appears conservatives are not letting go of this attack.
Remainders
San Jose Mercury News trashed the infamous "demon sheep" web video produced by Carly Fiorina's campaign.
Hounded by rumors of coordination, Tom Campbell denied any deals were made between himself and Meg Whitman.
Carly Fiorina suggested bankruptcy be on the table to deal with the state's financial mess. In reality, however, states cannot seek bankruptcy protection.
Right-wing publication, The American Spectator, attacked Campbell and his "anti-Israel" voting record.
It appears Carly Fiorina believes we are living in 1994 because she offered a series of "reforms" that were implemented fifteen years ago.
California Accountability Project, a product of the Democratic Governors Association, launched. Other groups formed separate committees to boost Jerry Brown and other candidates in the state.
Huffington Post and New West writer William Bradley examined the "machinations of Meg Whitman" on her campaign's efforts at intimidation of other candidates and bogus claims on how long she's lived in California.
Jeff Denham leads Richard Pombo, according to the former's internal polls, by a margin of 28-12, and 38-12 when voters are informed that outgoing Congressman George Radanovich endorsed Denham. A pollster for Denham says their data shows Pombo is bad for the party.
The looming battle over AB 32 makes the state a prime target for the next climate fight. Read more on AB 32 from the state's former controller, Steve Westly.
CA-Sen: Fiorina Web Video Includes Man in Sheep Costume
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Update The web video was mercilessly and almost universally mocked and derided online as the "wildest," "weirdest," and perhaps "worst political video ever." And they probably paid $15k for it. Need more evidence that the video is an epic failure? National Review loved it, calling the ad "genius."
Tom Campbell, seizing on the opportunity to rub Carly Fiorina's face in yet another failure, is fundraising off the video. His team even embedded the video on their contribution page.
CA-Sen: Campbell Poll Boasts Lead, Name ID, Ahead with Base
A poll produced for Tom Campbell's newly-minted Senate campaign, and handed out to attendees at his kickoff rally, places the former gubernatorial candidate ahead of both Carly Fiorina and Chuck DeVore.
Conducted by James Fisfis, VP of Wilson Research Strategies, the survey was conducted January 8-10 with a sample of 1,027 likely general election voters and a margin of ±3 percent.
See the document below:
Fisfis posted about the poll on the Campbell blog.