With memories of NY-23 fresh in the minds of conservative activists, the fight over California’s GOP Senate nominee to potentially unseat Barbara Boxer has turned into a game of “who is conservative enough?”
Carly Fiorina is playing defense.
“I've been called all sorts of things, so I prefer to just tell you what I am,” said Fiorina, in a recent interview with Flash Report. “I am a fiscal conservative. I hold conservative values…I believe that life begins at conception.”
 That would seem pretty straightforward – until you talk to Chuck DeVore.
“She is a big government Republican. Pure and simple. End of story,” he said.
Both candidates are extremely hopeful in a state where Democrats have a 13-point registration advantage. But Boxer has dove head-first into a number of highly-divisive issues in recent months, including support for a failed, state-wide gay marriage referendum, national health care, and taxes. Dissatisfaction with the current Congress is at an all-time high.
“It’s going to be a rare year because of how tremendously mismanaged this state has been under Democratic leadership,” said DeVore. “I would contend strongly that California is not nearly as liberal as people who don’t live here think.”
DeVore is counting on his military and political leadership to pull him ahead. With 24 years in the Army National Guard, he attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, eventually serving as a Reagan White House appointee. He is currently an Assemblyman for the 70th District of California, having previously served in state and local public service capacities.
“I’ve got a record. And it’s a commonsense conservative record,” he said.
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