Carly Fiorina, running for the GOP Senate nomination in California, attacks Tom Campbell:
For all of Washington’s political polarization, the U.S. Senate remains a clubby place. Sure, lawmakers talk smack about the unparalleled malevolence of the opposition, but there is, in general, a high degree of respect for the institution, its members, and its time-honored Way of Doing Things. While the House is known for its ideological cowboys, demagogues, and revolutionaries, the Senate is where bright lines and rough edges tend to get smoothed out in the name of statesmanship and legislative compromise.
Political circumstances can change unexpectedly, of course, but at the moment the Democrats seem very likely to lose seats in the 2010 midterms, and possibly quite a few of them. What's a little harder to predict is what will happen in the 2010 Republican primaries, where the number of insurgent, tea-party-propelled challenges to establishment candidates continues to multiply.
Is maybe-Senate-hopeful Carly Fiorina's website the sorriest in recent political history? I mean, she's not even in the race yet and already she's alienated the night-owl and cat-owner votes. And while we're on the subject, shouldn't that be Carlyfiorinia Dreamin'?
