CALIFORNIA, HERE WE COME – AT 9:51 A.M. ET:  Conservatives, I mean.  For the first time in a long time, the GOP has a shot at making strong gains in the once-golden state.  And Senator Barbara Boxer, once an institution, now may be ready for one, if the good trends continue.  Scott Rasmussen reports:

Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer and her Republican challenger Carly Fiorina remain in a dead heat in California’s race for the U.S. Senate.

The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters, including leaners, shows Fiorina picking up 48% of the vote, while Boxer draws support from 47%. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate, and three percent (3%) remain undecided.

These numbers show a slight shift from results with leaners found two weeks ago, when Boxer led Fiorina 49% to 44%. Leaners are those who initially indicate no preference for either of the candidates but answer a follow-up question and say they are leaning towards a particular candidate. From this point forward, Rasmussen Reports considers results with leaners the primary indicator of the race.

COMMENT:  Boxer, not considered one of the sharpest knives in the drawer, is pretty typical of the liberal California crowd in Congress.  Out of touch, out of their minds.  That used to be a New York delegation monopoly.

But the race with Fiorina is still a toss-up, and the Dems control much of the election machinery in California.  In close elections, votes have a way of appearing from nowhere.

September 8, 2010