CATFIGHT! When it comes down to a showdown between Barbara Boxer and Condi Rice, my money is on (and my heart is with) Dr. Rice every time. One of the first times I really felt my liberalness falling away -- I could almost feel it lifting from my body and brain, more accurately -- was when I saw Barbara Boxer on Larry King, talking about the various issues of the day, and realizing I disagreed with her out-of-touch, utopian stands on nearly everything.