Senator Barbara Boxer -- fresh off incivility and insensitivity shown towards our military and towards African-American businessmen -- continues to cause self-inflicted damage by her abrasiveness. This time the victims are among her own kind: cap and trade (tax) proponents.From Politico: A big chunk of the House climate change bill is in the hands of Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer -- and some of its supporters are worried that she's not up to the task. In private conversations, Senate staffers say that Boxer's abrasive personal style helped tank the climate bill that Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and former Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) sponsored last year. And several recent embarrassing episodes involving the California Democrat have them worried about a repeat performance. During a committee hearing in June, Boxer upbraided a brigadier general for calling her "Ma'am" rather than "Senator." During another hearing this month,...(Read Full Post)