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If Carly Fiorina wins California's U.S. Senate race, it won't be because of her debate performance Wednesday night. 1) Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer's  long-telegraphed attacks--that as Hewlett-Packard CEO Fiorina outsourced jobs and pocketed a huge multimillion dollar severance when she was fired--had some power. Maybe they could be answered effectively, but they weren't. 2) Fiorina seemed like a rookie trying to master the debate format. Reminded me of me trying to master the talk radio format. Not as easy as it looks! In particular, Fiorina could have done a lot more to hang the "failed" stimulus around Boxer's neck. (At the after-debate appearances, Fiorina did much better. Esprit d'espinnier.) 3) Boxer's breathy surface phoniness seemed more familiar and comfortable than Fiorina's squirmy surface phoniness. (I say surface phoniness because don't think either candidate is that phony underneath. Boxer really is as liberal as she seems, while Fiorina's positions may be inconveniently convoluted--and conservative--because they reflect what she actually thinks.)  ... P.S.: I thought Boxer prevailed despite her demagogic claim that if "comprehensive immigration reform" doesn't pass the "11 million [undocumented] people here who are living in the shadows ... would have to be deported." I'm talking about who won here, not who was right. Boxer's bogus claim wasn't countered. (Why bogus? Because they could keep on "living in the shadows.") ...3:45 A.M.

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