Sunday, September 30, 2012

Sunday Globe Special: Berman vs. Sherman

I know who I think will "win," and I'll tell you at the end of the post.

"2 Democrats face off in California race

Representative Howard Berman of California, the ranking Democrat on the House ­Foreign Relations ­Committee, has made more than 150 trips abroad during his three ­decades in Washington.

His opponent in November, Representative Brad Sherman, with more than 15 years in Congress, has traveled mainly within San Fernando Valley, where he has held more than 150 town hall-style meetings.

In the closely watched race between two incumbent ­Democrats — set against each other by redistricting and by a state law that pits the top two primary finishers against each other, regardless of party — nearly the entire California Democratic establishment has lined up behind Berman.

But Berman’s party support has, thus far, found its match in Sherman’s local appeal.

In June, Sherman finished 10 points ahead of Berman in the primary.

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Berman not only being backed by Democraps:

"GOP heavyweights back Democrat

WASHINGTON — A longtime House Democrat struggling to win against a fellow Democrat in California has picked up an unlikely endorsement: the backing of two Senate Republicans.

Representative Howard Berman faces Representative Brad Sherman in November thanks to the redrawing of congressional boundaries and California’s primary system.

Two of the GOP’s leading lawmakers on national security — Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham — along with independent Senator Joe Lieberman said Monday they are backing Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, called Berman a ‘‘man of determination and honor.’’

Graham said Berman knows how to work on a bipartisan basis.

Berman also is supported by the state’s two Democratic senators, Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein.

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I predict Berman will win because he is more a tool of Israel (as evidenced by the siameze tripletz there), and because Sherman was the guy who spilled the beans about the Bush administration's threat of martial law if they didn't get the bank bailout.