Carly Fiorna Likely Seeking Rep Nomination

[secretlyevil]

m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6964340?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina said on Sunday that she will likely seek the Republican nomination for president in 2016.

During an interview on "Fox News Sunday," Fiorina said there is a "higher than 90 percent" chance that she will run for president and make an announcement in late April or early May.

Fiorina, who has said that President Barack Obama does not deserve credit for boosting the economy, touted her executive experience in the private sector as what will set her apart from the rest of the GOP field.

"I have a deep understanding of how the economy works, having started as a secretary and become the executive of the largest technology company in the world," she said. Fiorina also cited her understanding of technology, world leaders and how to deal with a bureaucracy as factors that would support her candidacy.

Fiorina also defended her tenure at HP when "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace suggested that opponents would paint her as an "unfeeling multi-millionaire," pointing to the fact that she laid off 30,000 employees, replaced some of them with workers in India and China, and received a payout of tens of millions of dollars after being ousted by the company.

"I think you're reading the Democratic talking points because it was not all American jobs, but of course, laying people off is the last resort. It's a terrible thing to have to do," she said. "But when you are managing through the worst technology recession in 25 years, sometimes there are tough calls that need to be made for the overall health of the enterprise and, in the end, we took a company that was really struggling and turned it into an exceedingly successful company where overall jobs grew."

So far, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is the only major candidate to officially declare that he is seeking the presidency. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) are both eyeing announcements next month.

According to HuffPost Pollster, which aggregates publicly available polling data, 3.2 percent of voters would back Fiorina in the GOP primary.

[NewOrleans]

I don't know who this is which could be a good thing?

[UMaineTeach]

a quick search and scan gives me the impression that she's like the current Pope. Still anti-abortion and very conservative on other such social issues, but wanting to be much more focused on business and the economy. Which could be refreshing or dangerous.

I don't believe her for a minute when she says she's for small business and against D's small business killing policies.

[heyjude]

Lol!

She ran a failed campaign years ago against DiFi or BBox I can't remember. And that's her sum total political experience. But okay. Yes. President. Sure.

[msmerymac]

Mar 29, 2015 11:12:02 GMT -5 NewOrleans said:

I don't know who this is which could be a good thing?

She was the CEO of Hewlett Packard. 

She is a breast cancer survivor. 

She ran as the Rep nominee for Senate in CA in 2008, I believe, against Barbara Boxer.

That was a weird election, because Meg Whitman was running against Jerry Brown for Governor, so the Reps were all, "Yay, women! We totally love women. Have you seen our nominee for VP? Women!"

Anyway, I don't really know her social issues, but she's very much one of those, "we should run the government like a business and have 0 deficit and a balanced budget and cut taxes to job creator" type Republicans. Which is marginally better than the "I want control of your uterus" Republicans, but that's not to say that she wouldn't also support other Republican points. 

[meshaliuknits]

Ah man, I wish y'all could have seen the look on H's face when I read this headline to him.

To Fiorna I say, good luck with that.

Sent from my EVO

[heyjude]

In 2008 she actually had a fighting chance against BBox! That was favorable turf for her. What kind of hubris must she have to think that she could win a national election after spectacularly failing at a state one?

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Mar 29, 2015 11:27:35 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Lol!

She ran a failed campaign years ago against DiFi or BBox I can't remember. And that's her sum total political experience. But okay. Yes. President. Sure.

I know nothing about her yet, so there's that. But did Obama have a wealth of experience when he ran?

[heyjude]

Mar 29, 2015 11:49:11 GMT -5 @ladydisdain said:

Mar 29, 2015 11:27:35 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Lol!

She ran a failed campaign years ago against DiFi or BBox I can't remember. And that's her sum total political experience. But okay. Yes. President. Sure.

I know nothing about her yet, so there's that. But did Obama have a wealth of experience when he ran?

He at least won quite a few political campaigns including a U.S. senate one, which is infinitely more than Fiorina. No comparison.

[ESF]

Mar 29, 2015 11:34:37 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

Mar 29, 2015 11:12:02 GMT -5 NewOrleans said:

I don't know who this is which could be a good thing?

She was the CEO of Hewlett Packard. 

She is a breast cancer survivor. 

She ran as the Rep nominee for Senate in CA in 2008, I believe, against Barbara Boxer.

That was a weird election, because Meg Whitman was running against Jerry Brown for Governor, so the Reps were all, "Yay, women! We totally love women. Have you seen our nominee for VP? Women!"

Anyway, I don't really know her social issues, but she's very much one of those, "we should run the government like a business and have 0 deficit and a balanced budget and cut taxes to job creator" type Republicans. Which is marginally better than the "I want control of your uterus" Republicans, but that's not to say that she wouldn't also support other Republican points. 

It was 2010, not 2008. This is significant because that was the year Republicans picked up seats, and she couldn't do it. IIRC, the margin by which she lost to Boxer was not insignificant, and bigger than Whitman's loss to Brown. In both cases, the race only seemed close when it was far in advance of Election Day, and Whitman and Fiorina could spend their personal fortunes trying to buy their seats. As Election Day got closer, and Boxer and Brown started running on four cylinders, the Senate race was over and Whitman no longer seemed like a foregone conclusion.

Whitman is more like Romney, or at least Romney in 2008. Every other issue takes a backseat to money, but she will pander. Fiorina is a more convincing social conservative. But she's still a brash, outspoken California woman in the tech industry. She's not going to play well in the middle of the country.

[ESF]

Mar 29, 2015 11:36:21 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

To Fiorna I say, good luck with that.

Sent from my EVO

My H just said the same thing.

Then as I typed that, he channeled heyjude and said, "that woman has more hubris..who runs a company into the ground, loses a Senate campaign, and then decides to run for president?"

[heyjude]

Ah! 2010!! Even more favorable!!

[heyjude]

Both Whitman and Fiorina had a lot of fanfare. It wasn't as if they couldn't win California. They had a shot but failed.

www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/us/politics/24campaign.html

[msmerymac]

Mar 29, 2015 12:01:20 GMT -5 ESF said:

Mar 29, 2015 11:34:37 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

She was the CEO of Hewlett Packard. 

She is a breast cancer survivor. 

She ran as the Rep nominee for Senate in CA in 2008, I believe, against Barbara Boxer.

That was a weird election, because Meg Whitman was running against Jerry Brown for Governor, so the Reps were all, "Yay, women! We totally love women. Have you seen our nominee for VP? Women!"

Anyway, I don't really know her social issues, but she's very much one of those, "we should run the government like a business and have 0 deficit and a balanced budget and cut taxes to job creator" type Republicans. Which is marginally better than the "I want control of your uterus" Republicans, but that's not to say that she wouldn't also support other Republican points. 

It was 2010, not 2008. This is significant because that was the year Republicans picked up seats, and she couldn't do it. IIRC, the margin by which she lost to Boxer was not insignificant, and bigger than Whitman's loss to Brown. In both cases, the race only seemed close when it was far in advance of Election Day, and Whitman and Fiorina could spend their personal fortunes trying to buy their seats. As Election Day got closer, and Boxer and Brown started running on four cylinders, the Senate race was over and Whitman no longer seemed like a foregone conclusion.

Whitman is more like Romney, or at least Romney in 2008. Every other issue takes a backseat to money, but she will pander. Fiorina is a more convincing social conservative. But she's still a brash, outspoken California woman in the tech industry. She's not going to play well in the middle of the country.

Ah, yes, I wasn't sure I was calculating the year right. 

Anyway, every single state-level seat was won by a Dem in CA that year, even as the Reps won midterms and a bunch of gubernatorial elections, etc. I'm not sure if that says more about Fiorina or California. But either way, it's not a great sign. 

And unlike the last two major Presidential candidates from CA, I can't see a CA Republican actually winning the state in a general election.

[pescalita]

Not to mention, she's exactly the kind of R a lot of tech libertarians should be able to get behind, except for that part where so many of them are so familiar with her failures at HP.

[starlily]

Mar 29, 2015 11:27:35 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Lol!

She ran a failed campaign years ago against DiFi or BBox I can't remember. And that's her sum total political experience. But okay. Yes. President. Sure.

Wasn't she also ousted as CEO of Hewlett Packard? IIRC, it wasn't an agreeable parting of ways.

[ESF]

Mar 29, 2015 23:29:17 GMT -5 starlily said:

Mar 29, 2015 11:27:35 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Lol!

She ran a failed campaign years ago against DiFi or BBox I can't remember. And that's her sum total political experience. But okay. Yes. President. Sure.

Wasn't she also ousted as CEO of Hewlett Packard? IIRC, it wasn't an agreeable parting of ways.

Yeah, she ran it into the ground.

Meg Whitman is now running it, LOLZ.

[heyjude]

Mar 29, 2015 23:29:17 GMT -5 starlily said:

Mar 29, 2015 11:27:35 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Lol!

She ran a failed campaign years ago against DiFi or BBox I can't remember. And that's her sum total political experience. But okay. Yes. President. Sure.

Wasn't she also ousted as CEO of Hewlett Packard? IIRC, it wasn't an agreeable parting of ways.

Yes and I have a cousin who worked for HP during her era and apparently it was a nightmare.