She is one of the good ones. I hope she gets the time and space
to enjoy herself.


B Box Rocks

Unbelievable.

I managed a county for Senator Boxer's first senatorial race. At this moment I am shocked and very disappointed.

It's time for the next gen libs...

But I would prefer him to be the next Governor.

We don't need so much a new gen of libs, as we do capable and proven leaders to be elected to these seats.

to work with her PAC.

She has incredible power and a voice now that she will never be able to duplicate with her PAC.

As far as coming home to California, from what I understand most of our Senators and reps spend half their
year in their home state anyways.

...Just now buying it, but good luck to Sen Boxer in any case.

you get tired after awhile.

She doesn't live on the east coast. And age would play a factor on that. As well as being less productive during travel time.

What voice? The only time we hear from her is when she is running for re-election. Otherwise she's MIA. Like now re: the Paris terrorist problems.

Besides, California is not her home, she's from New York. Hope she goes back there.

I like Boxer. Wish Feinstein would retire though.

Hope we elect two more democratic senators

With your jungle primary it could be a dicey outcome.

With CA overwhelmingly blue right now, good time to install TWO young libs.
Newsom and K. Harris will do nicely for me.

Perhaps Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsome will run?...Should be able to get a GOOD progressive in her seat...

http://politicalwire.com/2015/01/08/boxer-will-not-run-again/

The other will likely run for Governer. I like Boxer, but I think we'll end up with a fine Senator.

outgoing Secretary of State Debra Bowen available.

I'd love to see her run for another office

I think she'd be great. I got the feeling in an LA times article this morning that Gavin Newsom would like to be governor next time around.

or perhaps there were speculations..

It's not a surprise, she'd stopped fundraising for her reelection quite some time back.

...enjoy your retirement!

She's been an excellent Democrat.

Dianne Feinstein has been hinting for a while that her 2012 election may have been her last, and that she may not run in 2018. She'd be running at 85 years old, and that term wouldn't end until she was 91. She's commented a few times that she does want to retire at some point, and doesn't want to stay in office until she dies. It became a bigger issue last fall, when several different sources close to her suggested that she would retire if the Republicans took the Senate, because she would wield a lot less influence. She has stayed in Congress this long only because her seniority put her in charge of some very powerful committees, and she didn't want them to pass into the hands of less able people. Now that the Republicans control the Senate, she's lost much of that power anyway.

The complication, of course, is that Gavin Newsom was named long ago as her heir apparent. If Boxer retires and Newsom runs for her seat, that makes Feinstein's seat a LOT more competitive in 2018. Kamala Harris is being groomed to run for the Governors seat after Browns term is up, and there is no way that the state party is going to send her off to Congress and risk the best shot they have at holding the governorship in 2018. People in California LIKE Harris, so shipping her across the country seems counter intuitive. Besides, I want Harris to run for President someday, and the Senate has historically been a lousy way to get there.

That really just leaves Alex Padilla (longtime state senator and current Secretary of State) and Antonio Villaraigosa as names that are well known enough statewide to really have a solid shot at the seat. Both would be popular with a broad swath of the electorate, but I don't think I've seen any indications that either of them are interested in Washington. Both seem more interested in state races.

Time for a new Democrat to take that Senate seat. Although I do like Boxer more than Feinstine. Hopefully she won't run again either when her term is up.

Voted for her every time.

very near and dear to my heart.

Sen. Barbara Boxer your bills, your sponsorships your willingness to give time to meet over the issues is much appreciated! A lifetime of public service, public trust- with a heart of gold!