This November, send California Senator Barbara Boxer a human rights for Palestinians message. Photos.

In a rather shocking development for the flagship Hearst newspaper in America’s arguably most liberal city, the San Francisco Chronicle has declined to endorse either incumbent Barbara Boxer or her challenger, failed former HP CEO Carleton Sneed Fiorina, for the Senate seat Boxer first won in 1992.

Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer have moved ahead in their respective races in California on the back of aggressive messaging attacking Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina for their greed and giveaways to the rich.

This is the last part of a series of posts analyzing competitive Senate elections in blue states. It is the second section of two posts focusing on the greatest state in the union (otherwise known as California). The first part of the series can be found here.

This is the third part of a series of posts analyzing competitive Senate elections in blue states. It will focus on California. Because California is such a big and complicated state, it will have two sections – of which this is the first. The second part can be found here.

California, Section 1

In the greatest state of the union, a fierce senatorial battle is brewing. Former HP executive Carly Fiorina is mounting a tough challenge to incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer. In an anti-Democratic national environment, polls show the race close and competitive. This post will examine the obstacles Ms. Fiorina will face as she seeks to overcome California’s formidable Democratic geography.

Senior economic adviser to Barbara Boxer Marcus Stanley was arrested Tuesday entering the Hart Senate Office Building with a “substance that tested positive for marijuana,” apparently jumping the gun on the possible passage this November of Proposition 19 despite his boss’s opposition to the measure.

On her first day as the GOP nominee to challenge Barbara Boxer’s US Senate seat, Carleton Sneed “Carly” Fiorina proved her unreadiness for the media spotlight. She chatted on a hot CNN camera with her staffers about cheeseburgers at last night’s victory party and — to her potential great embarrassment — got catty about Barbara Boxer’s hairstyle and, worst of all, her ticketmate Meg Whitman’s choice to appear with Sean Hannity. Carly said it was “really surprising” and “bizarre” Meg would appear since “you know how he is [eye roll].”

During today’s Senate hearing on the BP Oil Spill with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Senator Barbara Boxer unveiled a new video of the underwater pipe gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

Senate Environment Committee Letter to A.G. Holder Requesting BP Investigation

Video footage from National Nurses United rally on Capitol Hill, 5/12/2010.