Barbara Boxer throws a punch

By Libby

Via Avedon, here's something that's likely to slip under the radar. Boxer comes out swinging against McCain in a recent appearance.

I have seen him fight against raising the federal minimum wage 14 times.

I have seen him fight against making sure that women earn equal pay for equal work.

I have seen him fight against a women's right to choose so consistently that he received a zero percent vote rating from pro-choice organizations.

I have seen him fight against helping families gain access to birth control.

I have seen him fight against Social Security, even going so far as to call its current funding system "an absolute disgrace."

And I saw him fight against the new GI Bill of Rights until it became politically untenable for him to do so.

Refocusing on McCain instead of feeding the media's Palinmania strikes me as the right tactic in the long run for the Democratic politicians. Too much negative rhetoric against her only feeds the idiots who somehow have convinced themselves that Palin is at the top of the ticket and then their outrage is the news, instead of the issues.