People like Boxer don't get elected to anything over here; the Radical Left is pretty much dead. In Scotland she'd be SSP (I think) but they're getting close to death as well.
It's possible that she might have started out in the radical Left back in the '80's and turned sharply centre-ward since then (ala "Red" Dawn Primarolo... or Margaret "Hoxha" Hodge 
), she's been in elected politics long enough to make that possible.
I'd agree. If she hadn't mellowed while in office she would be kicking around a socialist fringe party or 'Respect.' Or be a public speaker and reality TV show media whore
