Nov-06-2009Fiorina: 'Shame on me' for not voting more
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CONTENTS:- GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — Former Silicon Valley executive Carly Fiorina announced Wednesday she is running for the chance to seize liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer's U.S. Senate seat, depicting the three-term Democrat as a Capitol Hill do-nothing who penned novels while jobs vanished and government spending soared. (More...)
- I will not settle for a jobless recovery and we must start the important work of getting our financial house back in order," Fiorina said in a statement. (More...)
- Fiorina said Boxer has demonstrated an "utter failure to lead" and has a "track record of bitter and ineffective partisanship." (More...)
- People like Colin Powell who tell the party to put up people who can reach across to the other side, but who in the end voted for Obama. (More...)
- Here's the tally thus far on Fiorina the candidate: Business celebrity with an equivocal record, cancer survivor with a secure employer-sponsored health plan, "problem-solving" candidate spouting ancient Republican nostrums. (More...)
- Ms Fiorina left with a package that exceeded $US21 million after nearly six years as chief executive. (More...)
- Carly started the campaign on an unusual note. (More...)
- Shambora has written for Sports Illustrated, SI Latino, Women's Health, and Triathlete. (More...)
- Having worked at HP during Carly's entire time there, I have nothing positive to say about her. (More...)
- Hows that for fiscal responsibility. (More...)
SOURCESFIND OUT MORE ON THIS SUBJECTGARDEN GROVE, Calif. — Former Silicon Valley executive Carly Fiorina announced Wednesday she is running for the chance to seize liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer's U.S. Senate seat, depicting the three-term Democrat as a Capitol Hill do-nothing who penned novels while jobs vanished and government spending soared. The former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO's entry into the race could present California's junior senator with her most formidable re-election challenge, but Fiorina first will have to survive what could become a scalding Republican primary against state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, who has worked feverishly to court GOP voters.
[1] SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Carly Fiorina said Wednesday she is running for the Republican nomination to battle liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer for her U.S. Senate seat. She was scheduled to make a formal announcement later in the day in Garden Grove. Her entry into the race could present California's junior senator with her most formidable re-election challenge, but Fiorina first would have to survive a primary against state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, who has worked feverishly over the past year to court GOP voters.
[2] Fiorina, a Republican, will challenge three-term incumbent Barbara Boxer in 2010. Fiorina, who left HP in 2006, said job creation, government spending and health care will be top issues for her campaign.She also addressed her spotty voting record, saying she was wrong not to participate in the political process. Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina made official her bid for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Fiorina's official declaration of her candidacy follows months of speculation that she would take on three-term incumbent Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., in 2010. Her top primary rival would be California Assemblyman Chuck DeVore.
[3] The most cherished American credo is that anyone can grow up and run for high office.
Carly Fiorina’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate, which she formally announced Wednesday, will put this notion to the test. Even by California standards, this was a curious event. If nothing else, it may establish the Fiorina campaign as a pioneer in moving the art of product placement out of Hollywood and into politics, as it started with an introduction by Earth Friendly's PR lady, Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, who seemed to spend more time extolling her merchandise ("We deliver responsible sustainability in all of our products, including our bestsellers, Ecos Wave and Dishmate.") than Fiorina's candidacy. It did give Fiorina an aura of being the business-friendly Senate candidate. This plainly will be a major theme of her campaign against Democratic incumbent
Barbara Boxer. (Assuming Fiorina beats state Assemblyman Chuck Devore of Irvine in the GOP primary.) When
I examined a Fiorina-Boxer matchup two months ago, I noted that few could argue that we wouldn't benefit from seeing Boxer defend her 17-year record in the Senate, and asked whether Fiorina would make the race about us, the voters, rather than about the most frequent subject of her public appearances and her 2006 book, "Tough Choices," herself.
[4] "Senator Boxer and the California Democratic Party will be ready for Assemblymember Chuck DeVore, Fiorina or whoever wins the Republican primary in 2010." Now we see how "
Carly 2.0 " is going to be attacked by the California Democratic Party: first on political experience as she has little save for advising then-Presidential candidate Senator John McCain (and where she said neither McCain or Vice Presidential Running Mate Sarah Palin could run a company) ; second on wealth as Fiorina didn't leave HP poor but her income is after yesterday's election officially a liability (New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg almost lost his bid for a third term after spending almost $100 million in that city's mayor's race.); third on her voting record, where she's only voted five times in the last 18 elections. That kind of disengagement can and will be used by Dems as a "hammer and pound" message in the campaign.
[5] Devore, 47, is a long-term conservative who is well-known in state GOP circles, but has little name recognition across the state and may not have the financial wherewithal to fully compete against Fiorina. Fiorina, 54, has no elective experience but is viewed by some as the strategic choice who would have a better chance taking on Boxer because of her more moderate views and her deep pockets. Fiorina has vast personal wealth -- her HP severance alone exceeded $21 million after six rocky years as chief executive. Upheaval during her tenure at the company, a spotty voting record and her new arrival to politics make some wary of her. Democrats seized on these issues to paint Fiorina as an inept businesswoman who got rich off the backs of workers, and as out of touch with ordinary people. "The last thing Californians need in a U.S. senator is a failed CEO who was fired by her last employer after taking $100 million for herself," said John Burton, chairman of the California Democratic Party. Fiorina today said critics are mischaracterizing her resume, and that her work at HP laid the foundation for the company's current success. She said her business background and lack of political experience make her a D.C. outsider and only "viable" Republican challenger. She also has repeatedly apologized for not voting but also explained it was because she felt unconnected to politicians. "Shame on me," she said.
[6] Visit UShow.com I just got an email from California Democratic Party chairman John Burton that's a blistering attack on. I just got an email from California Democratic Party chairman John Burton that's a blistering attack on Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, who recently announced she was entering to enter the race for California's next U.S. Senator as a Republican, thus challenging Senator Barbara Boxer. "The last thing Californians need in a U.S. Senator is a failed CEO who was fired by her last employer after taking $100 million for herself. "In these tough times, hard-working Californians need a Senator who will fight to create jobs, not a millionaire former executive who laid off more than 28,000 Americans and shipped jobs overseas.
[5] Former Hewlett-Packard chief Carly Fiorina has decided that she will run as a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from California, seeking to unseat liberal Democrat Barbara Boxer next year. The pin up of Mike Magee, Fiorina became famous for merging HP with Compaq, making a mega company and losing her job in the process. She is the latest Silicon Valley executive hoping to get on the California ballot next autumn.
[7] OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Former Hewlett-Packard Co chief and Silicon Valley star Carly Fiorina said on Wednesday that she would run as a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from California, taking on liberal Democrat Barbara Boxer. Several people who made their names and fortunes as high technology executives are fighting to be on the California ballot next fall, with former eBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman and entrepreneur-turned-Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner running for governor as Republicans. Both Fiorina and Whitman are relative newcomers to politics and face battles to get their party's nominations.
[8] Former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina announced Wednesday she'''s running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in California. Fiorina brings considerable wealth and name recognition to her bid to oust three-term Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer. It was an unusual start to a major announcement.
[9] After months of hints and trial balloons, one of Silicon Valley's most recognizable and controversial figures has finally decided to take the plunge into politics, and California could be in for a roller-coaster ride of a political race over the next year. Republican Carly Fiorina, the dynamic former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, is expected to launch her bid for the U.S. Senate this week, possibly at an appearance today in Orange County. Assuming she wins the primary, political analysts say she could give three-term Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer the run of her life.
[10] WASHINGTON — Carly Fiorina's claim to fame — her five-and-a-half years as chief executive at Hewlett-Packard Co. — could also be her greatest vulnerability in next year's U.S. Senate race in California. Hours before Fiorina made her candidacy official on Wednesday, her campaign aides sent reporters an 11-page report touting her record at HP. At the same time, Sen. Barbara Boxer's team was portraying Fiorina as an insensitive CEO who oversaw the firing of thousands of workers and a then-controversial merger with Compaq Computer Corp.
[11] Carly Fiorina, former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard and a former spokeswoman for John McCain's 2008 campaign, officially announced that she will run against Senator Barbara Boxer, a fearless, dedicated champion for women's rights, in the 2010 election. Fiorina's candidacy has been criticized due to her apparent lack of political involvement. Since 2000, she failed to vote as a private citizen in 75 percent of California's elections, including all presidential primary and gubernatorial races, reported the
Los Angeles Times. Fiorina attempted to combat her record in her announcement by writing "Admittedly, I have not always been engaged in the electoral process, and I should have been.
[12] Carly Fiorina, former chairwoman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co., takes questions after announcing her run for the Senate in Garden Grove on Wednesday, Nov. 4. CORONADO - Casting herself as a "political newcomer who knows how to get things done," former Silicon Valley CEO Carly Fiorina yesterday made it official that she wants to challenge U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, a three-term Democrat. Fiorina, a multimillionaire and former CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co., could give Boxer the greatest election challenge she has faced after easily dispatching a succession of under-financed Republican opponents. The Boxer camp has been gearing up for such a race and says it is prepared for a campaign that could cost as much as $35 million.
[13] Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina launched an uphill campaign Wednesday to unseat three-term Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, aggressively portraying herself as a business-savvy problem solver who would impose fiscal discipline on a profligate Congress. The 55-year-old Republican and political neophyte -- her once curly blond hair closely cropped and graying after a recently completed round of chemotherapy for breast cancer -- wasted no time taking the fight to Boxer, calling her a do-nothing career politician whose actions have saddled the country with debt and stifled job creation. She charged that Boxer has authored only three bills that became law during her 17 years as a senator -- including one that named a courthouse and another that named a river.
[14] « Carly's bad voting. Getty Images Fiorina -- who recently beat breast cancer -- announced her Senate candidacy this week. Newly-announced U.S. Senate hopeful Carly Fiorina swept through Sacramento Thursday, where she spoke to. Fiorina -- who recently beat breast cancer -- announced her Senate candidacy this week. Newly-announced U.S. Senate hopeful Carly Fiorina swept through Sacramento Thursday, where she spoke to a building trade gathering about the importance of job creation and economic development -- and slammed her would-be colleagues in Washington, D.C. (The former Hewlett Packard CEO officially announced Wednesday that she will challenge U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer next year and wasted no time starting to campaign.)
[15] The California Senate primary may not be until June, but when we're faced with an entrenched incumbent like Barbara Boxer, we need all the lead time we can get. Up until now, the DC types have all been supporting Carly Fiorina in our primary, even though she had not yet declared her candidacy, and had yet shown either an inability or an unwillingness to campaign to the Republican voters of this state. That early support had failed to move any dials as Assemblyman Chuck DeVore has raised money well, gained loyal grass roots support, and ran ahead of Fiorina against Boxer in polls.
[16] "People in Washington, particularly people who have been there a really long time, have forgotten to ask some obvious questions. One of the obvious questions I would like to ask is, 'What is it they are doing with all our money?'," she said to laughs. "If Washington were a business -- I know, that's funny -- it would be a business that asked for more money every year, and didn't tell you what they spend the money on, and every year borrowed more money. No accountable business could operate this way." Fiorina spoke out against regulations and slammed Boxer's decision to push a climate bill out of a committee she chairs without any Republicans present (they were boycotting). She also sidestepped a question about Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion decision, saying that life begins at conception. "The focus of my campaign are the issues that matter to the people of California, and what matters is what's on the table right now -- is how to we create more jobs and how do we get federal spending out of control," she said. She also took a swipe at State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, of Irvine, her Republican challenger in the primary. "I am going to talk to California Republicans about who I really am and what my positions are," she said. "I share their values and I think it's really important that we have a candidate who can win against Barbara Boxer as well."
[15] "For many years I felt disconnected from the decisions made in Washington and, to be honest, really didn't think my vote mattered because I didn't have a direct line of sight from my vote to a result." She also took swipes at Boxer -- both in her op-ed and, according to the Associated Press, at an invitation-only event in Orange County. She told her audience that Boxer sat by penning novels while spending soared and jobs vanished. The former CEO could give Boxer one of the most formidable opponents that she has faced, but Fiorina must get through the Republican primary. Her opponent will probably be state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, who hasbeen working to gather voters and build his campaign. After being fired from H-P in 2005 for costing jobs by acquiring Compaq Computer,Fiorina becameeconomic adviser to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during his presidential campaign.
[17] The Republican Party no longer holds a majority in any congressional district in California, in part because "the far right appears to be trying to drum out the moderate wing," said former state Controller Steve Westly, a leading Obama fundraiser and supporter in California. "I think the Republicans have skated out on pretty thin ice" on issues that matter to voters, including climate change, health care reform and social issues, he said. With seven months to go until the June primaries, both sides are carefully monitoring two high-profile races they say will be gauges of the shifting political winds. In the 2010 California gubernatorial race, three Republicans - former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and former Rep. Tom Campbell - are vying to challenge Democratic state Attorney General and former two-term governor Jerry Brown, the Democratic front-runner who has yet to officially declare his candidacy. In the Republican primary in June for the U.S. Senate seat, Fiorina can expect an aggressive challenge from Assemblyman Chuck DeVore of Irvine, who says he's a "Reagan Republican" who will beat her brand of "Rockefeller Republican." Democratic pollster and strategist Ben Tulchin, who advised Lt. Gov. John Garamendi in his victory in the Bay Area's 10th Congressional District race Tuesday to replace Rep. Ellen Tauscher, said Garamendi tied his campaign to his support for Obama. Garamendi, who won 55 percent of the vote to Republican David Harmer's 41 percent, directed his appeals to "the upscale, college-educated suburban voters where Democrats have made inroads," said Tulchin, noting the district now has an 18-point Democratic advantage.
[18] WASHINGTON--Carly Fiorina has collected the endorsement of eight GOP senators, a day after announcing a run for the U.S. Senate in California. The endorsements, announced Thursday, cover a range of backgrounds within the Republican Party--from conservative Tom Coburn to moderates such as Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe. They also include John McCain, who said he benefited from Fiorina's no-nonsense style when she served as economic adviser during his failed presidential bid last year. Fiorina's challenger, Republican state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, says he has the support from the majority of elected GOP officials in California. He says they can vote for him in next year's primary, while the senators endorsing Fiorina cannot.
[19] Carly Fiorina (R) on Thursday announced the endorsements of eight Republican senators for her just-launched California Senate campaign. After primary opponent Chuck DeVore annonced the backing of Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) this week, Fiorina,former HP CEO, fought back with Sens. Tom Coburn (Okla.), Susan Collins (Maine), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Jon Kyl (Ariz.), John McCain (Ariz.), Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Olympia Snowe (Maine). '''I am humbled to have earned the endorsement of each one of these distinguished Republican Senators," Fiorina said in a statement. "They are all dedicated public servants and it is a true honor to have their support."
[20] Eight influential Republican senators jumped on board former Hewlett-Packard CEO
Carly Fiorina's California Senate campaign Thursday, a day after she officially
launched her bid. Those endorsing Fiorina included Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Assistant Minority Leader Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.; 2008 presidential nominee John McCain, R-Calif.; Tom Coburn, R-Okla.; Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; and Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia J. Snowe. All cited her experience as a business leader. In his statement, McCain praised Fiorina's service as an adviser during his presidential bid. "I benefited from her no-nonsense way of getting things done when she served on my campaign last year," he said.
[21] Garamendi doesn't live in the district. "After months of speculation but few public appearances, former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina was expected to announce her plans Wednesday for the U.S. Senate seat held by liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer of California. Fiorina's campaign said she was to make 'a major announcement' during an appearance at a business in the Orange County city of Garden Grove Wednesday morning," the AP says.
[22] Assemblyman Chuck DeVore has found a worthy opponent in former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Carly Fiorina. Fiorina formally announced Wednesday that she would battle DeVore in the California Republican primary in June for a chance to unseat U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, a Democrat.
[23] Now that former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has officially
announced that she would r un as a Republican against three-term Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, SurveyUSA tested the waters on the favorability-unfavorability ratings on four candidates in the California race, but the results were inconclusive other than showing Boxer at the start with tepid numbers. As would be expected at this point, aside from Boxer, the three candidates vying for the GOP nomination have name recognition problems to overcome, with 35 percent or more not knowing enough about them to have an opinion.
[24] Former Hewlett-Packard CEO
Carly Fiorina has announced she’s running for Senate in California, hoping to unseat Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer.
[25] Carly Fiorina, once one of the most powerful captains of Silicon Valley, has set her sights on Washington: the former Hewlett-Packard CEO, unceremoniously shown the door after shareholder dissatisfaction with the merger with Compaq she engineered, officially announced her candidacy Wednesday for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif). Her platform? Jobs, health care reform, spending cuts, and striking "a balance between protecting our environment and protecting the economy."
[26] The former Hewlett Packard CEO stressed the need for California and the U.S. to maintain a business edge as Wednesday's keynote speaker at the International Business Leadership Awards held by the World Trade Center San Diego in Coronado. Fiorina, who earlier Wednesday
threw her hat in the ring for Barbara Boxer's U.S. Senate seat, is now the CEO of Carly Fiorina Enterprises. "American companies in general and California companies in particular face challenges that they have not faced in the past," Fiorina said.
[27] Then along came Carly Fiorina. By the time she was fired, HP had gone from one of the world's most admired companies to the target of criminal investigations and public criticism. Now she's running for U.S. Senate? this woman who resides at the heart of many ethical case studies? please. say it isn't so. After Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein have been worthless in helping U.S. family members with immigrants in need of help with torture, such as me, I would NEVER vote for either one again. They were both non-caring and Dianne Feinstein's office claimed they didn't help immigrant families, then went on and helped one that didn't need their life saved as many Central Americans have.
[6] SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Weeks after Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman was criticized over her poor voting record, U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina tried to fend off a similar line of questioning by owning up to her spotty past. The former head of Hewlett-Packard, who is running for the seat now held by Democrat Barbara Boxer, said she has no excuse for not voting more often when people have died for that right. "I'm a lifelong registered Republican but I haven't always voted," she said Thursday during an event in Sacramento.
[28] IT'S got girl power, star power and it's a high-profile Senate seat in the most populous state in America. The 2010 race for the Californian Senate seat held by veteran Democrat senator Barbara Boxer suddenly got interesting after the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, Carly Fiorina, one of America's most high-profile women executives, announced she would contest the seat for the Republicans.
[29] GARDEN GROVE, Calif. -- Former Hewlett Packard Chief Executive Officer Carly Fiorina, once considered the most powerful businesswoman in all of America, announced Wednesday that she is running for the United States Senate. Fiorina is a Republican who could provide Senator Barbara Boxer with her most serious challenge yet. At her announcement in Garden Grove, Orange County, Fiorina immediately addressed the change in appearance. She now has very short hair.
[30] Former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Carly Fiorina is throwing her hat into the political ring. She wants to challenge liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer for her U.S. Senate seat.
[31] Carly Fiorina signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in her race for California's U.S. Senate seat, which is currently occupied by Democrat
Sen. Barbara Boxer.
[32] The bad news for those who would prefer that California not be represented by Barbara Boxer in the Senate: Carly Fiorina's favorable rating is at 11 percent and her unfavorable is at 24 percent; Chuck DeVore's favorable rating is at 8 percent and his unfavorable is at 15 percent.
[33] The Queen of outsourcing jobs overseas. I wonder what she will do in the Senate. Wasn't her famous comment of: "We in America are not guarenteed jobs." enough for voters. I don't like Boxer, but this is a poor choice as well. Carly Fiorina was a joke with HP. She was so much of a joke with John McCain he fired her. She has no experience and to make up for that she cheated using Twitter, what other tricks will she use in her out of control self indulgent try for political office. Chuck DeVore can help restore this country to fiscal sanity and solvency.
[34] Fiorina was one of the powerful U.S. technology executives and the driving force behind HP's controversial acquisition of Compaq Computer, turning the Silicon Valley pioneer into a behemoth with billions in annual revenue in line with that of IBM. HP's poor performance resulted in her ouster in 2005 with a $21 million severance package. She rose to national prominence again as a senior adviser to Republican Party presidential candidate John McCain in the 2008 race. She said the main problems she would tackle were "too few jobs for Americans and too much spending in Washington." She also warned that health care legislation wending its way through Congress worried her. Fiorina has survived breast cancer, which she noted. "Rather than remaking the entire national health care system at the cost of higher taxes and exploding deficits, we should build on what works, such as expanding access to community clinics that will give those most in need appropriate care at a reasonable price." A Field Poll in October prior to her announcement showed she had lost an edge against state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore in the race for the Republican nomination.
[8] Former eBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner, an entrepreneur now serving as California's insurance commissioner, are seeking the Republican nomination for governor. If she wins the nomination then Fiorina would likely be the underdog against a candidate who has served four terms in the Senate and has an edge in decidedly Democratic California. She is also behind Republican state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore in the race for the nomination. All up we don't fancy her chances. (Good thing Steve Jobs isn't running for office. sub.ed.)
[7] Fiorina received more than $100 million as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, and that kind of personal wealth could buy a massive campaign," Rose Kapolczynski, a spokeswoman for Boxer's re-election campaign, said Wednesday. She agreed with Fiorina's assessment that jobs and the economy will be top issues in the upcoming race and signaled that Boxer intends to go after Fiorina's record as a chief executive, particularly job losses that occurred after HP took over Compaq. Boxer, 68, is in her third term in the Senate and easily won re-election in 1998 and 2004. She has long been a target of conservatives — they pounced earlier this year when she chastised a brigadier general who called her "ma'am" during a congressional hearing — but has yet to face a serious re-election challenge.
[2] Boxer has a history of running against conservative men who appeal to the GOP base but less so to moderate Republicans and independents. Her first Senate campaign in 1992 was fueled by female outrage over the all-male Senate Judiciary Committee's treatment of Anita Hill, who accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment, and her opponent in that race was hurt by a last-minute revelation that he had visited a strip club. Running against a woman -- one who underwent treatment for breast cancer this year, as Fiorina did -- would present a new test for Boxer and her no-holds-barred campaign style. That's not to say Boxer wouldn't challenge Fiorina on issues such as abortion, which the senator has used to great effect against past GOP opponents. Fiorina has described herself as "personally pro-life," a statement that may help her prospects with primary voters but be difficult to defend in a general election. Fairly or not, Boxer and Fiorina have both been characterized as polarizing figures. In a body known for its formal decorum, Boxer has stood out with a scrappy -- some say abrasive -- political style. Although her defenders say the senator has a warm, grandmotherly side that's often overlooked, the reality is that her poll numbers rarely have topped 50 percent since she joined the Senate 17 years ago.
[10] DeMint was instrumental in the recent
purging of a moderate Republican in an upstate New York congressional campaign. He and other conservatives backed a right-winger in that race, but their choice proved costly and paved the way for a Democratic victory. Fiorina, the former Hewlett Packard CEO, officially launched her Senate bid yesterday, and hopes to unseat Democrat Barbara Boxer. If conservatives attempt to block her in the GOP primary, it will force her to spend time and money fighting her right flank. She faces her own problems of having failed to vote for much of her adult life.
[35] Fiorina, a breast cancer survivor who appeared at Wednesday's announcement without a wig and in a new short, graying hairstyle, issued a bold and even more personal challenge - telling supporters, "After chemotherapy, Barbara Boxer just isn't that scary anymore." The former CEO's challenge to Boxer, coming a day after her party won gubernatorial races in two states that supported Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, was met with unbridled enthusiasm by GOP leaders in the nation's most populous state. "It's official: The Republican Party is back," California state GOP Chairman Ron Nehring crowed in a telephone conference call Wednesday, saying the gubernatorial victories in the East have now "set the table" for Democratic defeats here next year.
[18] The fourth is Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, who is considering resigning to run for governor next year. The endorsements are, in effect, a counterpunch to GOP primary rival Chuck DeVore, a state Assemblyman from Irvine, Calif. who has been touting an endorsement this week from up-and-coming conservative Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C. And they solidify the impression that Fiorina is the choice of the Republican establishment in Washington to take on Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who is running for a fourth term in 2010.
[21] A big time endorsement from Senator Jim DeMint-R SC went to California conservative Chuck DeVore who hopes to win his primary and take on sitting liberal Democrat Senator Barbara Boxer. Looking ahead to the 2010 election, Chuck DeVore hopes a Reagan-style landslide is in his future with the support of such a prominent Republican Senator. This five-year veteran in the California State Assembly sees the upcoming election as a way to change the country's future. "He is in a very difficult state (CA), and when he gets here (D.C.) he's going to join a country- not a club," DeMint quipped. "We need to shake up the Republican Party, and Chuck's not afraid to stand up to his own party and say you're wrong."
[36] Rich women with no experience will own the ballot box in June 2010. It means that Bruce Herschenson, Matt Fong and Bill Jones can welcome her to their club next November. Al Checchi Redux -- except that he hadn't been fired by Northwest Airlines at the time he ran for governor in 1998. This is the same Carla Fiorina who was fired by HP and then served as an economic advisor to John "the economy is basically sound" McCain. Before she can bring those formidable credentials against Boxer, however, she first has to get past Chuck DeVore. If he doesn't get frightened out of the race, I say she can't make the finals. Don't assume that she has clear sailing to the GOP nomination. Chuck DeVore doesn't have her kind of money but he is smart and tenacious. His positions are highly appealing to the party base. She has to show that she is conservative enough for Republican primary voters and electable enough to mount a serious challenge to Boxer. That will be hard work. Will be interesting that both Republican candidates (for Governor and Senator) will be wealthy women.
[37] Ms. Fiorina will probably have to compete for the Republican nomination in a primary against state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore. Mr. DeVore has been working for months to shore up support for his bid. Both he and Senator Boxer may find Ms. Fiorina's personal wealth a daunting competitive force; Mrs. Boxer's campaign staff has already taken note of Ms. Fiorina's fortune. The Associated Press reported that Mrs. Boxer had "used the threat of a Fiorina candidacy to boost her own fundraising, collecting $1.6 million in the last quarter and reporting $6.3 million in the bank last month." Her spokeswoman, Rose Kapolczynski, told The A.P.: "If Fiorina decides to fund the campaign with her own personal wealth, this could be the most expensive Boxer campaign yet.
[38] "Carly's common sense and fiscal conservatism will be a welcome addition to the United States Senate. I am glad to offer her my endorsement." Today's announcement by Fiorina, who only formally announced her bid for Senate on Wednesday, comes on the heels of Senator Jim Demint's
endorsement of Fiorina's Republican primary opponent, Assemblyman Chuck DeVore.
[39] "Given that record, the United States Senate is the last place Carly Fiorina should go next." Before she gets a shot at Boxer, Fiorina has to first dispatch a primary challenge from state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, who is running to her right.
[40] Carly Fiorina, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard who became a campaign adviser to Senator John McCain's presidential bid, is formally announcing on Wednesday that she plans to run for the United States Senate. She began the article by conceding that she hadn't always been engaged in the political process, but contended that she could no longer stand by during the economic downturn and a "jobless recovery." In addition to the economy, Ms. Fiorina cited her interest in the overhaul of the health care system, personalizing the issue by noting that she is a cancer survivor. (She underwent surgery for breast cancer last March.) "Rather than remaking the entire national health care system at the cost of higher taxes and exploding deficits, we should build on what works, such as expanding access to community clinics that will give those most in need appropriate care at a reasonable price," she wrote.
[38] Just what we need, another self absorbed promoter running for political office. Here we have a lousy, arrogant former CEO from HP that made the "CNBC worst CEO of all times list" thinking that now she has what it take to be a U.S. Senator. I heartily support her in her ability to lead this great nation. Is this woman for real? She gets booted from HP for misconduct related to illegal wiretaping and now claims to bring people together and solve problems? She only brings them together in a court of law and the only problem solving is done by her lawyers. Sensing a threat to her personal finances from a possible public healthcare option, Carly Fiorina decides to run for Senate, claiming the two solutions for public healthcare is to promote outpatient clinics over regular doctors and to take away meaningful legal recourse for malpractice. Thats quite a platform.
[34] California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton mocked Fiorina as "yet another millionaire neophyte in search of a new hobby," an apparent reference to former eBay Inc. CEO Meg Whitman, a Republican running for governor. "The last thing Californians need in a U.S. senator is a failed CEO who was fired by her last employer," Burton said in a statement. Hewlett-Packard's board fired Fiorina in 2005 after she pushed through the company's acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. in a deal that cost jobs and reduced HP's value.
[1] The former eBay ( EBAY ) CEO, who topped Fortune's power list in 2004 and '05, is running for Governor. Neither woman, both Republicans, will have an easy time in the left-leaning, financially crippled Golden State. Running on her "I'm a great manager" platform, Whitman has a decent shot at her party's nomination. She faces a fierce Democratic rival in Jerry Brown, California's current Attorney General who once was Governor. Remember when she was waging that brutal proxy fight to buy Compaq in 2002? She played it like a political candidateand she won. Fiorina, 55, who worked with Whitman on John McCain's failed Presidential campaign, carries significant baggage into this latest race: She was fired by the H-P board in 2005as much for her style of leadership as her disappointing execution. Another battle lately has been a medical one.
[41] "I am extremely proud of my record at HP." Fiorina has never run for office before, but got her first political exposure last year as an economic adviser to Republican presidential nominee John McCain. She recently completed breast cancer treatment and her hair is just beginning to grow back. Fiorina said she is cured and that "I feel absolutely great." Polls over the years have consistently shown Boxer to be less popular and more polarizing than her fellow Democratic senator from California, Dianne Feinstein.
[13] Wednesday's event leads me to wonder not whether it will be about us, or Fiorina, or Boxer, but whether it will be about anything. Fiorina spent most of her time onstage rehearsing a threadbare script. She reviewed her bona-fides as a glamorous business leader, reminding the audience of her tenure as
chairwoman and chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co. starting in 1999, without making too much of the fact that she was fired by the Hewlett-Packard board in 2005, or that its stock declined by 60% on her watch. She mentioned that HP is now one of the country's leading high-tech companies, but managed not to give too much credit to her successor, Mark Hurd, who led the turnaround. She may not have succeeded in settling the riddle of whether she's really serious about politics. Already she has been embarrassed by the disclosure that she failed to vote in 75% of California state elections since 2000, including all gubernatorial elections and presidential primaries. During her reign at Hewlett-Packard, according to public records,
her corporation spent $4.7 million to lobby Congress and donated more than $390,000 to political candidates through its political action committee.
[4] Fiorina, a former Hewlett-Packard chief executive, announced her bid to challenge incumbent Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer at a green technology firm in Orange County, promising to pound on what she said was the California junior senator's record on issues at the top of the political agenda: jobs, the economy and the deficit.
[18] Fiorina describes herself as a pro-life, fiscal conservative. She'''s signed a '''no new taxes''' pledge, and she opposes a public option for health care reform. Perhaps because she knows the woman she hopes to unseat boasts a strong environmental record, Fiorina announced her run for Senate at a company called Earth Friendly Products in Garden Grove. She accused Senator Barbara Boxer of supporting environmental regulations that kill jobs and of supporting too much government spending.
[9] Fiorina also attended, majoring in medieval history and philosophy. She went to law school at the University of California, Los Angeles, but dropped out and took a job as a secretary. Twenty-three years later, Fortune magazine named her the most powerful woman in business. The question Boxer will try to exploit is whether Fiorina left HP a better company than she found it, and she can draw from her own experience. While spending most of her adult life in politics, Boxer has a bachelor's degree in economics and worked as a stockbroker on Wall Street before moving to California. Stanford professor Charles O'Reilly said he didn't believe Fiorina left HP better off than how she found it. He questioned whether the emphasis on computer hardware products generated the kind of profit margin that could sustain HP in the long run. Her executive experience can be an advantage in the campaign. "She's actually managed something, which is a real strength against some of the ideologues that sometimes end up as senators," he said. Associated Press Writer Gillian Flaccus in Garden Grove, Calif., contributed to this report.
[11] The company has since rebounded, but opinions differ over how much credit Fiorina deserves for that. Fiorina's name is familiar in the business community, but she is virtually unknown to most voters. The 55-year-old served as economic adviser to John McCain's failed presidential bid last year, elevating her national profile, but an independent Field Poll last month found nearly three of four California voters didn't know enough about her to express an opinion. Fiorina has plenty of money to broadcast her message. She received a $21 million severance package when she left HP — a cash cushion that has made Boxer's team nervous. Even before her announcement, Boxer used the threat of a Fiorina candidacy to boost her own fundraising, collecting $1.6 million in the last quarter and reporting $6.3 million in the bank last month. "If Fiorina decides to fund the campaign with her own personal wealth, this could be the most expensive Boxer campaign yet," said Rose Kapolczynski, a spokeswoman for Boxer's campaign.
[1] Carly Fiorina declared her candidacy for the U.S. Senatein a bid to replace another well-known woman, incumbent California Democrat Barbara Boxer. Fiorina, who was No. 1 on
Fortune’s Most Powerful Women list for six years when she was CEO of Hewlett-Packard ( HPQ ), will be pounding the campaign trail simultaneously with another ex-No. 1 on our list: Meg Whitman.
[41] Carly Fiorina poses with Martha House of the California Federation of Republican Women at Fiorina's official announcement that she seeks to unseat U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer.
[9] Former Hewlett-Packard chief Carly Fiorina on Wednesday announced that she will run challenge Sen. Barbara Boxer for her California Senate seat in 2010.
[42] During a live web cast, Carly Fiorina announced her intention to run for the California Senate seat currently occupied by Democrat Barbara Boxer.
[36] "Former HP executive Carla Fiorina, a Republican, is poised to announce a run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Barbara Boxer, a Democrat.
[37] Fiorina's outsized persona and aggressive management moves at HP likewise have drawn admirers and critics. She carries a commanding stage presence, holding forth in public appearances and media interviews in a manner that suggests a keen analytical mind. As HP's CEO she clashed repeatedly with the company's board and antagonized many employees -- problems that contributed to her firing in 2005, and that raise questions about her political skills. Whatever Fiorina's faults, political analysts say she would be Boxer's most formidable opponent since she was elected to the Senate. "Clearly Barbara Boxer is a very energetic and aggressive campaigner, but she hasn't had to face anyone who matches her intensity on the stump," said Republican strategist Adam Mendelsohn. "Having someone who matches her in that arena could prove to be a lot more challenging."
[10] ''I have to say, after chemotherapy, Barbara Boxer just isn't that scary,'' Ms Fiorina said. ''She has always taken the low road to higher office, so get ready. It's OK, I can take a punch and I can throw a punch.'' Ms Fiorina revealed her political aspirations during the 2008 presidential campaign when she served as an adviser to Republican candidate John McCain's campaign. It was rumoured she was a possibility to be his running mate, before Senator McCain chose Sarah Palin. She also used the article to put to rest one of the potential problems that she will face: why she didn't vote very often.
[29] Political experience? Not so much. Fiorina was the very visible chief economic advisor to unsuccessful 2008 Republican Presidential candidate John McCain until she took the bait in a interview and said the war hero and senior senator from Arizona she worked for couldn't run a company. (Earlier she had said the same of McCain running mate Sarah Palin ''' but somehow she got a pass on that one). The would-be Republican Senator
says that while she used to be "disengaged" from the electoral process because she didn't see how it mattered, she has since "realize that thinking was wrong" and "now understand, in a very real way, that the decisions made by the Senate impact every family and every business, of any size, in America."
[26] Why not: it works. The only person I can think of who was similarly disengaged in his past was Ross Perot, but the famous entrepreneur over came all of his weaknesses with a blast of personality in his Presidential run. The other question I have is will Carly invite the Right Wingnuts to help her in her Senate bid? They lost their last election, that in New York State's 23rd District when Bill Owens beat Doug Hoffman, and were rejected by Republican gubenatorial candidate and now Governor-elect Bob McDonnell in Virginia. Can Carly keep the Right Wingnuts off her campaign and present a blast of personality that overcomes her weaknesses? I have my doubts, but let's see if "Carly 2.0" is really a new version of Carly Fiorina or just a marketing slogan.
[5] Republicans celebrating this week's gubernatorial victories in Virginia and New Jersey hope for an anti-Obama political wave that could reach all the way to blue California, where GOP moderate Carly Fiorina entered the 2010 U.S. Senate race Wednesday.
[18] Carly Fiorina, former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate yesterday, putting her in the running for the Republican nomination in California.
[43] Former Hewlett-Packard chief executive officer Carly Fiorina announces to the media her candidacy for U.S. Senate at Earth Friendly Products on November 4, 2009 in Garden Grove, California.
[14] Former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Carly Fiorina will formally announce her run for the U.S. Senate this morning at a news conference in Garden Grove.
[34] Photo: Carly Fiorina in September 2008. The former chairwoman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co. will formally announce her run for the U.S. Senate.
[34] Republican Carly Fiorina, former Hewlett-Packard CEO, is ready to take on Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., in the 2010 election. She also addressed her spotty voting record -- a potential problem for someone who will be asking for votes." Admittedly, I have not always been engaged in the electoral process, and I should have been," she said.
[17] Nov. 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Carly Fiorina has announced her candidacy in the next years election. She will be running for the seat currently held by Senator Barbara Boxer.
[44] Remember that comment, "Jobs aren't Americans' god-given right." She's running as a politician in the wrong state & in the wrong country. She should be in either China or India kissing their behinds. As other people have commented, I agree, she's only in it for herself. I worked at HP through the Fiorina years and watched her destroy the "HP Way" that Dave & Bill worked so hard to build. It was a shame how quickly she snuffed the passion and innovation. worker morale dropped along with the stock. I can only imagine what would happen if she entered politics. Carly Fiorina has plenty of ideas on how to save California, just like she saved HP. She will outsource the California Government by sending the jobs overseas, take away every benefit from each and every family (except hers and her friends), put a marketing spin on it, then when it fails, she will blame everyone else.
[41] Its funny how Carly talks about to few jobs in Amercia,when she was at HP she cut thousands of "AMERICAN" jobs from the employees that worked for HP in the United States. Is her conscious nagging at her for all the HP careers she destroyed. This was not done because HP was not making year to year profits, it was.This was done so she and her "good old boys club could get a bigger yearly bonus.She now has the gall to talk about American lost jobs. The employees affected were told " this is just industry standard practice". Well I guess I'm an "industry standard worker who remembers" and a lepord doesn't change its spots. Look what she did for John McCain on his staff. If you people in California elect her for a senator then heaven help you all. I don't care if Mickey Mouse was running against her thats who would get my vote.
[45] Carly is only for herself. She made a statement while at HP that is was not an americans god given right to have a job when she was sending everything overseas. Watch out California, maybe she will outsource your state. Soon after Fiorina became HP CEO she told a company interviewer that she believed in improvisation more than in long-range plans and goals. That sure worked out well, didn't it. Maybe she'll propose saving California by merging it with Oregon.
[41] As the one-time CEO of a high-profile tech company has the name ID and capacity to self-fund that could make it a real contest. She also has baggage stemming from her ouster from Hewlett-Packard in 2005. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee on Wednesday highlighted Fiorina's controversial record at H-P. "The hallmark of Carly Fiorina's resume is her tenure at Hewlett-Packard where she laid-off 28,000 Americans while shipping jobs overseas - just before taking a $21 million golden parachute," Communications Director Eric Schultz said in a release.
[40] "I think our businesses can compete and win all the time," Fiorina said. "But not when things our government does get in their way." Fiorina served as CEO of Hewlett-Packard from 1999 through 2005, when the company's board fired her after the acquisition of Compaq Computer Inc., a move that cost Hewlett-Packard jobs and reduced the value of its stock. She received a $21 million severance package when she left. "The truth is that we were taking Hewlett-Packard through tough times and we had to make tough decisions," she said. Fiorina blamed her firing on boardroom politics. "My firing from Hewlett-Packard came when a couple of board members leaked information to the press," she said.
[13] Fiorina, who has recently completed treatment for breast cancer, said healthcare reform was another focus but politicians should build on what works rather than "remaking the entire national health care system at the cost of higher taxes and exploding deficits". Presumably referring to the row over her distinctly patchy record of actually bothering to vote in previous elections, Fiorina wrote: "Admittedly, I have not always been engaged in the electoral process, and I should have been." Her business record is also mixed - she oversaw HP's takeover of Compaq but saw the company's share price fall and struggled to deal with the firm's board. She also presided over the shedding of thousands of jobs - and presumably struck a few contracts with the government in her time.
[46] Fiorina, who recently completed breast cancer treatment, also called for health care reform — but not in the form of a national health system. She instead suggested expanding community clinic access and putting stricter restrictions on medical malpractice lawsuits. The 55-year-old former Silicon Valley executive served as economic adviser to John McCain's failed presidential bid last year, a position that elevated her national profile. Before that, she had a public falling out with HP board members, who fired her in 2005 after she pushed through the company's acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. in a deal that caused job losses and reduced HP's value.
[2] Fiorina comes to the campaign with a long business resume but little political experience. She ran HP for about six years, including overseeing the company's acquisition of Compaq Computer. During her time, HP's stock numbers fell, she battled with the board of directors and was criticized for being long on vision but short on execution. Her political experience amounts in large part to being a high-profile proxy for Sen. John McCain in his bid for the presidency, although she eventually was dismissed from the campaign after conflicts there.
[3] DeVore is unwinable in leftist California just like Mountjoy two years ago. There's only what? 20% hardcore republicans in this state. How are you going to win with that reality?? Also, think about Arnold and how he won. He's a big time Rhino. I rather have him than another donk ass anytime (like governor moonbeam the sequel). Although I don't care all that much about Fiorina especially if she insists on not spending a dime on her own campaign At least she has some name recognition and appears to people as a business person rather than a professional politician like DeVore. She can't be attacked as too hard core right wing which to most people is poison.
[39] Clearly DeVore believes something is broken in the California legislative process and would like an opportunity to address the issues at a federal level. Before DeVore can take his shot against Boxer, he must win the Republican primary against Carly Fiorina. "This race will set up a wonderful contrast.
[36] Boxer has the edge in Democratic-leaning California, but Fiorina's entry means the race will be among the most closely watched in the nation. The charismatic former business leader could be Boxer's greatest challenge since her election to the Senate in 1992. That's if Fiorina emerges the victor in what is likely to be a bruising Republican primary. She announced her candidacy in Orange County, home turf of the conservative assemblyman who is her only challenger in the primary.
[6] The rest of us do. Why not Washington?" she asked. She promised not to support higher taxes until Congress learns to spend responsibly. Fiorina's announcement comes a day after Republicans took control of governors' seats from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, but Fiorina did not allude to those contests. Boxer is no beloved figure in California, but she easily won re-election in 1998 and 2004. Any Republican will come to the contest with disadvantages in left-leaning California: Democrats hold a 13-percentage-point registration advantage, President Barack Obama carried the state in November by 24 points, and both of California's U.S. Senate seats have been in Democratic hands since the early 1990s.
[1] In her newspaper column, Fiorina, a Republican, took shots at Boxer's legislative record as well as the Obama administration's spending and health care reform measures. Speaking of Boxer, Fiorina said that during the incumbent's 18 years in the Senate, she had gotten three laws enacted, only two of which were for California projects'a courthouse in Fresno and money to repair bridges in the San Francisco area.
[3] According to a Democratic National Committee attack email, which was circulated within hours of the announcement, Ms Fiorina has voted in only six of 14 elections held since 2000. "She even skipped the 2000 and 2004 presidential primaries and the 2003 gubernatorial recall election. If she's so disdainful of democracy, what makes her think she deserves to represent California in the Senate?" asked the DNC. Ms Fiorina said that for many years she felt "disconnected from the decisions made in Washington and, to be honest, really didn't think my vote mattered because I didn't have a line of sight from my vote to a result''. That thinking was "wrong" and had changed in recent years, she said. Other aspects of Ms Fiorina's record are already coming under scrutiny. During her tenure at Hewlett-Packard, the company's shares fell 49 per cent and thousands of workers were laid off.
[29] Shame on me." Fiorina's frank assessment of her inconsistent past appears to be a campaign strategy to blunt potential criticism after Whitman found herself in the middle of a political firestorm over her poor voting record. Several newspapers, including the San Francisco Chronicle and San Jose Mercury News, began raising questions about Fiornia's voting records even before she announced her candidacy Wednesday. Whitman's voting became a hot-button campaign issue after the former chief executive of eBay refused to answer questions about her voting record during the state GOP convention in September. Whitman explained a few days later that she was focused on her family and it wasn't until she was in a Silicon Valley leadership position that she realized why she should vote. Whitman called her voting record unacceptable. According to Fiorina's campaign, she voted in six of 14 elections in California since 2000. She lived in New Jersey for the previous 10 years but never voted.
[28] California needs someone who is a person of action with a plan for economic growth. Carly Fiorina thinks outside the box and Californians will learn quickly that she will bring jobs and economic growth to this great state in weeks not years. It is great news for my wife Mary Beth, myself and our California friends to have the possibility of this incredible woman of action available for political service. She will once again put California on the map as a place of progress, jobs, and compassion for others.
[6] Republicans celebrating this week's gubernatorial victories in Virginia and New Jersey hope for an anti-Obama political wave that could reach all the way to blue California, where GOP moderate Carly Fiorina entered the.
[18] Some influential right-wing Republicans are hoping
to block California GOP Senate candidate Carly Fiorina from winning their party's primary because she's too moderate.
[35] "The truth is that for many years, I felt that my vote was disconnected from anything going on in Washington." Now that she wants to go there, she regards voting as very important. Fiorina hasn'''t said how much of her own considerable personal wealth she'''ll apply to the campaign. If she wins the primary and gains traction against Boxer, one question is whether the national GOP will support her with major donations. The national Democratic Party, eager to maintain its filibuster proof margin in the senate, has pledged considerable resources to keep Boxer in her seat.
[9] Fiorina, who has been exploring a campaign against Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer for months, is expected to announce her candidacy in person at an Orange County, Calif. event at 1 p.m. In her op-ed, Fiorina wrote that she has "not always been engaged in the electoral process," but, through her business career, began to understand the impact of government. "I now understand, in a very real way, that the decisions made by the Senate impact every family and every business, of any size, in America," she wrote. Fiorina said her top priorities in the Senate will be "economic recovery and fiscal accountability." She then went on to stake out her opposition to Democrats' proposed health care insurance overhaul.
[40] If Congress passes a popular health care reform bill and the economy is on the rebound, Fiorina will have a harder time arguing that Boxer should be tossed from office. If unemployment remains high and Boxer is seen as the embodiment of costly government programs that offer dubious returns, her re-election prospects could suffer. Fiorina's background presents its own opportunities and challenges. In one recent appearance, she signaled that she will portray herself as the Washington outsider who would bring business world accountability to an institution sorely in need of it. Fiorina's contentious six-year reign at the helm of Hewlett-Packard -- which included the controversial merger with Compaq, thousands of layoffs, and a severance package reportedly worth $21 million -- could also remind voters of what they dislike about the business community. "There's a very strong populist anti-establishment mood in this country that's directed against both big government and big business," said Dan Schnur, director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California. "This campaign ought to be a very helpful test in deciding which strain of animosity is greater."
[10] Even Californians can't sign up for a card issued in California, so we're stuck with the South Dakota sky's-the-limit variety. Cross-state health insurance wouldn't affect Fiorina, because as she acknowledged Wednesday, she gets her medical care through her husband's AT&T retirement plan. Therefore it's my duty to explain to her what would happen if she were an average person who lost that AT&T coverage and had to replace it in an individual market where the insurers could sell it to her on their own terms, subject to the rules of the most lenient and consumer-unfriendly states: As a cancer survivor, she'd be uninsurable. Fiorina doesn't really have to worry about that, because her $40-million walkaway package from Hewlett-Packard enables her to be her own health insurer, if need be. What about the rest of us? The common theme of ex-CEOs like Fiorina when they run for office is that their opponents are insensitive to the needs of business because they never had to meet a payroll.
[4] Anyone who votes for this farce needs their head examined. Fiorina did such a sterling job at HP that they paid her $21.4 million to go away. California voters should make her go away before she gets in a position to do any damage. All this criticism - yikes! Fiorina, Devore, it doesn't matter.
[34] Pelosi, you're next. While I might be empathetic regarding Ms. Fiorina'''s fight against cancer, I am not sympathetic regarding her being fired by HP for very poor leadership. It is not the duty of the people of the state of California to assist Ms. Fiorina to find a new job. Ms. Fiorina is not suitable for this job.
[47] While Fiorina may very well be a Washington outsider, her views and actions show a history of antagonizing the worker and making company policy that clearly is very much in line with the Corporatacry entrenched in business and politics today. She is the antithesis of this CEO club. She started the demoralization of workers at HP that is only accelerating today with Mark Hurd at the helm. They are repungnant modern day robber barons - Steal from the poor and keep for themselves. Don't forget, she once said, paraphrasing, "Americans do not have a God given right to jobs in this country". For someone who was one of the biggest contributors in outsourcing HP jobs overseas, her comments in the article refering to creating jobs in California would be laughable if it wasn't so devastating to thousands of workers and their families who were put out of work by this woman.
[6] Long one of Boise's biggest employers, HP is part of Idaho culture. It didn't take long for the Fiorina chatter to show up on Idaho blogs, including
Tom von Alten’s Fort Boise. von Alten, a mechanical engineer who worked at HP for twenty years and still holds stock in the company, wrote, "Her campaign slogan will presumably not be 'Let me do to the country what I did to HP,' but I have no doubt she will put a positive spin on every aspect of her career to date." There are numerous reports of employees literally cheering and dancing in the aisles the day her "resignation" was announced. In her announcement editorial, Fiorina wrote, "Our most pressing problems today are too few jobs for Americans and too much spending in Washington.
[25] HP did nothing but go down hill as an employer after Carly Fiorina took the helm. I have not seen anything in her actions that tells me that I could trust her as a leader. When she came to our site after being brought in as CEO she spoke of the soul of Hewlette Packard. Now the comkpany has no soul and Bill & Dave are rolling in their graves. Woohoo! Carly Fiorina is BAAAACK! If she does as bad of a job with her senate seat as she did running HP and Lucent she might last one term.
[6] Fiorina says creating American jobs will be her priority if elected to the senate, along with controlling government spending. She will have to win the Republican primary in June, before she can face Boxer on the ballot. Stay with KMPH and kmph.com as we continue to follow this story.
[48] Ms Fiorina's announcement came in a newspaper opinion article that argued the country was suffering from "too few jobs for Americans and too much spending in Washington". She sounded traditional Republican themes in complaining that taxes were too high and that "government mandates" would make the quest for affordable health insurance harder.
[43] Seven Governors and over 1,100 state legislators have signed the Pledge. "After the passage of the so-called "Stimulus Package" better known as the Pelosi-Obama-Reid Spending Give-Away, Americans are desperately searching for candidates and politicians that will protect their livelihoods and put their wallets ahead of the federal government's coffers," said Grover Norquist, president of ATR. "By signing the Pledge, Carly Fiorina demonstrates that she understands the problems of hard-working taxpayers nationwide, but especially the taxpayers in California."
[32] Carly Fiorina sees the state of today's global economy as a crucial period for California and American businesses to stay competitive.
[27] Califonia needs to do the right thing! Boxer needed to go along time ago! Carly Fiorina not only has class, Boxer has none, Fiorina is smart and can help the porblems of California! Boxer is a wacked out Liberal that is just NUTS !!!! BOXER SUCKS ! simple.
[24] Carly Fiorina is a novice candidate whose campaign has gotten off to a poor start. She's not ready, and she's no more likely to beat Boxer than DeVore is. DeVore will put up a good fight, and he's proven on the issues. This race is not one of Erick Erickson's hills to die on, but that doesn't mean we don't stand ready to send a big message, and benefit big, from a win in this primary.
[16] '''I look forward to engaging Carly Fiorina on the issues Californians care about: out-of-control federal debt, soaring government spending on bailouts and stimulus, a pending government takeover of healthcare, and Barbara Boxer's huge energy-tax increase disguised as cap-and-trade," DeVore said in a statement.
[34] Will the voters of the Golden State have enough sense to keep Barbara Boxer who is one of the best of our United States Senators? Let's hope so. A failure like Carly Fiorina should be viewed as a joke, but unfortunately, she won't be.
[38] "If it isn't obvious to you by now, let me make it official today: I am a candidate to serve you as your U.S. senator,''' Fiorina said, speaking to a small gathering of supporters in the Garden Grove warehouse of Earth Friendly Products, which makes green home products like phosphate-free detergent. Fiorina, whose hair was shorn close to her scalp after a nine-month battle with breast cancer, said she expected the race to get ugly. "I have to say, after chemotherapy, Barbara Boxer just isn't that scary," she said. "She has always taken the low road to higher office, so get ready. It's OK, I can take a punch and I can throw a punch."
[6] Fiorina's endorserswho run the political gambit from reliably- to questionably-conservativeemphasizes the campaign's general election strategy against liberal Democratic incumbent Senator Barbara Boxer.
[39] Fiorina will face off against Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine) for the Republican nomination and if won, challenge Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer.
[14] Do some research. Fiorina's campaign tactics will not be about the issues, they will be all about smearing Boxer, what does that tell you? Please re-consider looking into Chuck DeVore as the Republican candidate.
[24] Fiorina would first have to face off against conservative state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore in the June primary. A Field Poll last month had her running even with DeVore, who is popular with the Republican base, but Fiorina's likely fundraising advantage makes her a heavy favorite to advance to the general election, political analysts say.
[10] First, Fiorina has to win the June GOP primary against state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, R-Irvine, a popular figure among grass-roots Republicans. Calling himself the true conservative in the primary, DeVore said in an interview that he should not be written off. "We will be adequately funded," he said, referring to questions about whether he'll be able to raise enough money to compete against the deep-pocketed Fiorina.
[14] Fiorina's biggest opponent for the Republican primary is Irvine Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, who describes himself as a true conservative.
[49] Fiorina must get past Assemblyman Chuck DeVore of Irvine for the Republican nomination in June. As she formally entered the race yesterday, Fiorina signed the Americans for Tax Reform's "Taxpayer Protection Pledge," promising she would not vote for any tax increase.
[13] The DeVore campaign greeted the announcement by characterizing the Republican race as a choice between "an establishment-picked, big-government moderate with lots of cash but little experience in public life and a volunteer-supported, proven conservative with a long record of civic engagement." Fiorina, 55, made her announcement at Earth Friendly Products, which makes environmentally friendly detergent in Garden Grove. Later, she addressed the International Business Leadership 2009 Awards ceremony at the Coronado Community Center. There, she said that federal taxation and regulation policies are making it more difficult for American businesses to compete, especially in difficult economic times.
[13] Bad reporting. $21 million may sound like a lot but it is pennies for a state-wide campaign for Governor. Understanding the underlying dynamics of this race requires that one understand that Fiorina can't fully self-fund. Her wealth allows her to build/retain campaign staff, poll, and do some campaigning but both she AND Devore have to raise money. That is what will be interesting - can she? Reporting on that would help LA Times readers make sense of what they will see in the coming months. After nearly sending HP to disaster with her ill-conceived acquisition with Compaq, Ms Fiorina is somehow turning her disastrous "leadership" into a success story worthy of Senatorial ambitions.
[6] Until now, Boxer's only announced opposition was DeVore. A military officer and businessman from Irvine, he has been aggressively campaigning on a shoestring budget for months, styling himself as the only true conservative in the race. He is appealing to the party's base as the true candidate of limited government, lower taxes and conservative fiscal stewardship. DeVore, 47, said Fiorina is "attempting to sound like a conservative, and yet when you actually probe the depths of her conservatism. it's really not conservatism at all."
[1] Fiorina must cobble together an altogether unlikely coalition, attracting the GOP's newly-energized conservative activists while not running a campaign entirely predicated on red meat conservative values. She'll have to do it soon with the dogged DeVore at her every turn. Fiorina's allies acknowledge there is yet a long way to go in their uphill battle against Boxer, but today's endorsements are a step-if only small in the critical eyes of California's conservative activistsin the right direction.
[39] Boxer's campaign called the claim a wild distortion. "Sometimes I wonder whether California even has two U.S. senators," Fiorina told a roomful of employees and others at a green products company in Garden Grove as she announced her Senate bid.
[14] Carly, aged 55, is a former businesswoman and was chosen by the Washington Republicans to run for the Senate for the state of California. She was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett Packard. She announced her decision on Wednesday. It is hoped by the Republicans that she is going to give the three term holder Boxer (of the Democrats) a tough competition as she brings both money and fame in her campaign.
[44] "Chuck stands by the farmers even when California's current Senators continue to do nothing," says DeMint. DeVore explained he was delighted to get DeMint's endorsement. "Jim sees our California Senators are falling down on the job at the federal level- they could help our farmers in the Central Valley." After the political landslide in this week's elections, both Senator and candidate see promise in the upcoming 2010 midterms. "The election's were an indication that if Republicans are willing to put a good campaign together, they can win in any state in the country," DeMint said.
[36] Carly was an abject failure as HP CEO, taking the stock price from $65 to $13 and being fired none too quickly. Now she was too busy to be a good citizen and vote, has no political experience, and is now running an ego-driven, money-wasting campaign for senator? Hope California realizes she is not the right candidate.
[38] HP had nowhere to go but UP after her. Carly admits to lacking experience, which makes her inexperienced to hold office. She freely admits to irresponsibly taking herself out of the loop of caring for America by refusing to vote in our participatory democracy, while she instead enthusiastically participated in enriching herself at HP just before it fired her for lack of effective performance in a business environment. Carly likely expects to enrich herself even more if she wins the senatorial seat and, once in, would likely attempt right away to transfer her underperforming experience at HP to underperform in Washington DC as a representative of California. It's a combination that the U.S. dos not need, nor deserve, after eight years of her party, the GOP, enriching the rich elites like herself while weakening the economy for the majority of hard-working Americans under the incompetent and destructive leadership of Vice President Dick Cheney, Comedian Rush Limbaugh, and President George W. Bush. For these significant reasons, it's imprudent and unwise for anyone but the elite rich to support her candidacy.
[6] People who don't bother to vote have no business running for elected office. Will the republican party of california be paying for her hair dresser to travel with her. As she expected at HP. Got run out of HP, "helped" McCain campaign, and now this. This should turn out good.
[6] Eric Schultz, spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said the race in New York's 23rd Congressional District, where Democrat Bill Owens was the victor after a Republican candidate and Conservative Party candidate split the conservative vote - was "the canary in the mine shaft for what can happen in California in 2010."
[18] In an echo of the Barack Obama, who won California with 61 percent of the vote in the 2008 presidential race, Fiorina concluded, "I believe big change is not impossible, but it does require leadership, innovative thinking, teamwork and tackling the most obvious and pressing problems first." National Republicans think Fiorina could mount a serious challenge to Boxer, the third-term senator whose aggressive brand of liberal politics has made her the more vulnerable of California's two Democratic senators.
[40] 'She also has repeatedly apologized for not voting but also explained it was because she felt unconnected to politicians. She didn't care about the issues at all. What makes us think she will care if she is in office? Boxer has nearly always voted in line with what I think California stands for. Just another unethical, greedy corporate hypocrite trying to grease the engine of politics to make a name for themselves and advance their own agenda. She and Palin ought to build an igloo together and live happily ever together somewhere in the South Pole. They'd be doing themselves, and the rest of the nation, a favor. I don't care how much money she has or how much she says she is concerned about California. If she didn't care enough to vote she is not qualified. period. It is not acceptable or excusable to not exercise our most sacred right and responsibility as a U.S. citizen. If Fiorina snubbed that right & responsibility she has in essence snubbed our form of government.
[6] It's time for BOXER to go, CALIFORNIA needs to start making a change and one of the first things they should do is vote out these DEMOCRATS. They have ruined this state with there spending and social programs. This state is run by them, WE have had republican in name only who is a do nothing, Who says he is a republican but is really a democrat (a R I N O ). They will do to the nation what they have done to CALIFORNIA. We were warned years ago what was going to happen to this state if we continued on this path, But they keep voting these liberal democrats back in.
[24] God bless you Carly, you are exactly what Californians need if they dont vote for you they just want higher taxes,to be a conservative it means to be responsible with your resoarces, in the case of californias busted state you would be answer to prayers. Ms. Fiorina is poorly served by her advisors. She should purchase a wig that resembles her past hairstyle. Her current appearance is shocking and unsettling, detracting from whatever message she may have. Meg Whitman is another who is poorly served by her very expensive "advisors"--they seem bent on spending every penny she throws at them, rather than advancing her candidacy in an appealing way.
[6] Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO-turned-McCain campaign advisor and surrogate, announced on Thursday the endorsements of eight Republican Senators, including conservative stalwart Senator Tom Coburn.
[39] Fire the tax paying Americans, and ignore the complaints about the quality of service. By the way "Carly" walked away with closer to $100 Million for her five years of effort. She is riven with cancer and is more interested in the unlimited medical benefits of Boxers position than representing anyone other than herself. It's exciting for me having lived with my family in the Bakersfield area to consider the candidacy of a bright, tough, compassionate leader, Carly Fiorina.
[6] "We could be looking at a $30 million or $35 million campaign. She could do a lot to remake her image with that and do a lot to distort the Boxer record." Fiorina, who recently completed breast cancer treatment, gently teased herself about her close-cropped hair, apparently the result of chemotherapy. She said the cancer was behind her and "I feel absolutely great." Boxer, 68, has long been a target of conservatives — they pounced earlier this year when she chastised a brigadier general who called her "ma'am" during a congressional hearing — but has yet to face a serious re-election challenge.
[1] We could be looking at a $30 million or $35 million campaign. She could do a lot to remake her image with that and do a lot to distort the Boxer record." The businesswoman planned to hold a town-hall-style meeting later on Wednesday to make her public announcement. Considered one of the most liberal lawmakers in the Senate, Mrs. Boxer first won her seat in 1992 after serving in the House for 10 years. In 2004, she won 6,956,000 votes for re-election, more than any other senator in American history, according to the National Journal. She is now chairwoman of the powerful Environment and Public Works Committee, and is shepherding the controversial climate-change bill through the Senate.
[38] Rose Kapolczynski, Boxer's campaign consultant, said Boxer actually has had more than 1,000 proposals enacted into law, and she said that by Fiorina's narrow criteria of legislative success, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., wouldn't even get credit for his well-known McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. "She was relentlessly negative," Kapolczynski said, "and started her campaign with distortions of Sen. Boxer's record while glossing over her own record." With millions in personal wealth, a telegenic persona and the backing of some national Republican leaders, Fiorina could give Boxer, 68, the stiffest re-election challenge of her career.
[14] Fiorina's campaign put out a release calling the DSCC's criticism "no surprise." "This is Barbara Boxer's typical campaign tactic - to distort, mischaracterize and misrepresent her opponent's record," the release read.
[40] Entitled CEOs who haven't had to live a normal middle-class or working-class life for years are as much of a scourge. Fiorina clearly plans to use her experience with cancer in the campaign ("After chemotherapy, Barbara Boxer just isn't really that scary anymore," she said Wednesday). She didn't display much empathy for patients whose main problem might not be that their doctors don't communicate with one another (this is one of Fiorina's preoccupations), but that they don't have access to any doctors, because they can't get insurance.
[4] "What do you say that come next year, we give Barbara Boxer the chance to become a full-time novelist?" Fiorina said, alluding to the senator's political suspense stories.
[1] Barbara Boxer is actually a positive, someone who stands for something, which is substantially more than I can say for our other Senator, Dianne Feinstein. As to Fiorina's buddy, Whitman, I've been thinking of auctioning off my gubenatorial vote on E-Bay and see what she'll bid.
[38] Fiorina is battling breast cancer, and we should sympathize. It's been said that when she is with friends she's a funny and interesting person. This criticism has little to do with Fiorina's private self, and it has nothing to do with Barbara Boxer's performance as a senator.
[25] Barbara Boxer is one of the worst senators in U.S. history. Even if Carly can rough her up and bit and make the Democrats spend lots of money to defend her, it will be worth it. Californians need to realize it's people like Boxer that caused the state to be in the mess it's in today.
[6] Fiorina has enough self-inflicted problems to make a race against Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer an uphill battle. She doesn't need sniping from the fringe of her own party.
[47] The woman challenging Senator Barbara Boxer in next year's senate race will be in the Central Valley on Thursday.
[48] There is a primary here in CA. We the voters of CA will determine who we want to run as a R for the Senate seat to beat Babs. Maybe the NRSC will stick their nose into the CA primary, I hope not. They need to conserve any funds to spend on one thing, defeating Babs Boxer. The primary will be held in June, so it's a long long time away and this race has just begun. Lots of time for people to make up their minds based on candidate stances on issues that can help them do one thing, throw Babs Boxer out of office.
[39] "Carly Fiorina may have millions to spend on a Senatorial race, but Californians will not be snookered by yet another millionaire neophyte in search of a new hobby. "Maybe Fiorina's ill-advised run for Senate will finally inspire her to take the time to vote.
[5] I find it quite ironic that Carly is running for a U.S. Senate seat partly on the issue of Americans jobs. She and her sidekick Ann Livermore were known internally (HP/Compaq) as the outsourcing queens. She didn't think anything of that when she laid off 200+ people in Massachusetts. She told the employees just be fore the ax that "there were smart people everywhere". What she meant was that there were "cheap people everywhere" and she could fatten the bottom line by dumping american workers for cheap labor in India. She also spent millions of dollars at the same time on a couple of new jets to replace a perfectly good set of jets obtained during the Compaq takeover.
[45] Except when insulting executives of color, that is. She screwed up HP so why not let her screw up California too. Anyone who worked at Hewlett-Packard during her reign will recall that she decimimated HP's employee morale and the uniquely respectufl way that HP treated its employees over the years before her arrival. I can only imagine what kind of style and subastance she would bring to the U.S. Senate.
[34] During the townhall, Fiorina is expected to discuss how the decisions being made today in Washington impact every family and business in America and talk about why California needs better representation in the U.S. Senate.
[48] California deserves a much better choice. Don't let Fiorina buy this important Senate Seat. What strikes me as disturbing is that she thinks touting her HP record of failure is somehow a sellingpoint. She also won the worst CEO of all time award. All she has to say for herself is that she was once the CEO of HP and actually that is probably the biggest blemish you could have on your resume. HP tanked under her imcompentent stewardship.
[34] Former HP boss Carly Fiorina is joining ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman as one-time tech executives seeking public office in California.
[3] Fiorina joins Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay, as ex-high-tech executives seeking statewide office in California. Whitman is running for governor, looking to replace Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggar when his second term ends in 2011. Both candidates are looking to gain political office in a state wracked with billions of dollars of debt and a fractured legislative system.
[3] "Wouldn't you love to know what's in that 1,990-page healthcare bill that's being considered right now?" Fiorina asked the crowd at Wednesday's event, referring to the House of Representatives' majority proposal. "Wouldn't you love to know what they're putting in that?" Fair question, and yes, I'd love to know. I downloaded the thing off the government website where it's been published, and now have the full text in hand, for perusal at my leisure. Imagine my surprise to discover that it's no secret. One would think that as a former high-tech executive, Fiorina would be on top of advances like the government's
Thomas website, where all such bills can be found, but maybe she finds it more to her political advantage to pretend it doesn't exist. More disturbing is her advocacy of allowing insurers to sell policies across state lines. This is a "reform" the insurance industry has been after for years, because it would allow them to evade the more stringent regulations of some states by selling all their policies out of states with hands-off regulators. For a clue to how this works, notice how credit card companies issue their cards from banks in places like South Dakota and Nevada, which have no usury limits, rather than, say, California, where the cap is 10%.
[4] Fiorina and her husband, Frank, a former AT&T executive, have made more than $100,000 in political donations personally since 2000. That suggests not that Fiorina "felt disconnected" from what was going on in Washington, but rather that she understood all too well that in politics, money talks. Why bother to vote when you can get what you need with greenbacks? For all that, candidate Fiorina probably will be judged less by her approach to politics in the past than by what she contributes on the issues of today. It's evident from her campaign material that she plans to use her experience as a cancer survivor -- she says she successfully completed chemo and radiation treatment for breast cancer -- as an entree into the healthcare reform debate. Her approach to this issue so far is less than compelling. She called for "transparency" in the debate.
[4] Sonnenfeld noted that Compaq's equipment was antiquated and said Fiorina's successor as chief executive, Mark Hurd, deserves the credit for making the merger work. Fiorina's campaign says net revenue increased from $39.3 billion the year before she became CEO in 1999 to $86.7 billion when she left in February 2005.
[11] Fiorina
stepped down as CEO of HP in 2005 after six years. She said at the time that her resignation was the result of disagreements on HP's future. She walked away with a severance package worth a reported $21 million.
[42] Carly Fiorina has a record of fiscal conservatism, no, not in a voting record, but in her actions as a CEO, and many positions she has taken. DeDe, well, we all know her record. Probably not the best place to ask this now, but, has Doug OFFICIALLY said he is running next year? I know he has hinted, but is it definite? Just wondering, cause Mike Pence endorsed him today.
[39] If Carly Fiorina will pay me back for what I lost on HP stock, while she was running the company, maybe I'll sell my vote.
[38] "Throughout my career I've brought people together, and I've solved problems. That is what is needed in our government today. People who are willing to set aside ego and partisanship and instead work to develop solutions to our problems," she said. "Brought people together"? As a longtime resident of Boise with friends who worked at HP, I've sat at many a dinner party where people told tales of how she used egotistical, divisive and manipulatory tactics. One of her biographers, Michael Malone, said Fiorina "created a pestilential culture" and "a poisonous stew." Solved problems? Company stock went down by 60 percent, Fiorina was forced out by the board, and while 28,000 HP employees were fired or laid off, she slinked out of town with $21 million some reports say much more - in her pocket.
[25] The San Jose Mercury News reported that in the past 12 years, which includes years Fiorina ran HP, the company used a Middle East distributor to sell millions of dollars' worth of merchandise to Iran, which is illegal. At a company famous for its innovation and its strategy of encouraging employees to pursue ideas, Fiorina left thousands of people bemoaning the loss of the "HP Way" in which they had a moral investment. Fighting with the founding families throughout her tenure, she angered employees who had a genuine love and respect for them. After she was fired, Fiorina make the rounds of talk shows in 2005, flogging her book and trying to paint herself as a victim of a conspiracy.
[25] Fiorina, who just completed treatment for breast cancer, said Obama and Congress should build on what works in the nation's health care system'for example, growing access to health clinics for people to receive care at a reasonable cost and reforming malpractice laws'rather than pursue a costly overhaul. Fiorina also addressed a key criticism that's been leveled at her by critics and her opponent'her spotty voting record in New Jersey and California.
[3] Republicans, battered by a series of losses in California and across the country, are looking for fresh blood. Martha House of the California Federation of Republican Women said she was "tickled pink" Fiorina's in the race. She remains undecided and firmly said "electability" will govern her choice. Ray Grangoff, who works for a Republican Orange County supervisor, said he too is undecided. He hopes Fiorina will "re-invigorate our party. because people are tired of what we've been offered in the past."
[9] Fiorina is not the only tech executive dabbling in California politics. In February, former eBay CEO
Meg Whitman announced that she is running for governor as a Republican.
[42] Fiorina is the latest former Silicon Valley executive to jump into politics in California, joining former eBay CEO Meg Whitman and Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, who are running for governor.
[9] Why would the voters of California want to replace one of the best U.S. senators with a failed corporate executive? I dearly hope that Fiorina and Meg Whitman will be crying on each other's shoulders come election night 2010.
[38] According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Fiorina has voted in only five of 18 national and state elections since registering to vote in California in 2000. 'Admittedly, I have not always been engaged in the electoral process, and I should have been,' she said.
[3] Fiorina blamed leaked inside information and a divided board of directors at the tech company. To face Boxer in the general election, she must get past arch-conservative Orange County state Assemblyman Chuck Davore in the GOP primary.
[9] There was one new wrinkle. She announced that she had signed the read-my-lips-no-tax-hikes
Taxpayer Protection Pledge concocted by the egregious Grover Norquist -- a brain-dead approach to governing that pleases the far right, and should disappoint everyone else. Signs are that this was a preemptive counter-strike against an incipient attack by right-wing Tea Party activists, who are gearing up to undermine Fiorina as they did the moderate GOP candidate in this week's New York State congressional special election.
[47] In New Jersey, Republican Chris Christie beat Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine, and in Virginia, state Attorney General Bob McDonnell swept to an easy victory over state Sen. Creigh Deeds on Tuesday. Nehring said that in both cases, the evidence of strong GOP turnout, disenchantment with President Obama's economic policies and independent voters swinging Republican signals a political shift that could extend to next year's midterm elections.
[18] While DeVore's campaign has likened the California primary to the contentious GOP primary in Florida with liberal Republican Governor Charlie Crist and conservative Marco Rubio, conservative activists have failed to coalesce behind DeVore in ways similar to Rubio in Florida, Hoffman in New York, and Toomey in Pennsylvania.
[39] Running for office in ultra liberal California poses unique challenges for Republicans, especially a conservative one. "There are two reasons why I am running against Ma'am Boxer; one because we so badly need to beat her and two, I know we can do it in 2010," DeVore enthusiastically said.
[36] I live in California and Chuck Devore has shown himself to be true to consevative principles, where other Republicans have shown their rino ways. Devore can win this if we get behind him! Boxer is from Pelosi town and really needs to be shown the door. If we can get Boxer out this would be a HUGE message to the liberals.
[16] The battle between Fiorina and Chuck Devore (R-Irvine) reflects a greater ideological debate that is dividing Republicans across the nation, and led to the loss of a Republican House seat in upstate New York on Tuesday.
[6] DeVore has raised more money than any Republican for Senate in a decade. Fiorina has already denied she'll spend her own money on a campaign. Her candidacy is a joke and it's a serious lapse in good sense for Coburn to have affiliated himself with it.
[39] "A moderate will get you to the same place as a liberal, but it will take you twice as long to get there," DeVore said. While happy about the media attention Fiorina has injected, DeVore said he's not intimidated by her vast personal wealth and name recognition. "She's fairly well-known, but the two of us are basically level, because we're talking about two different wings of the Republican party," DeVore said. DeVore is banking on support from his grass-roots, online fundraising efforts and intense stumping across the state to carry him through the primary. He estimates he's already driven about 19,000 miles across the state, campaigning.
[23] " On Wednesday, DeVore said he welcomes the challenge, but questioned whether Fiorina, a moderate, would be able to win votes from the more conservative wing of the Republican party.
[23] DeVore, who calls himself a Reagan conservative, says the contest with Fiorina will test "two visions of the Republican Party."
[1] 
I will not settle for a jobless recovery and we must start the important work of getting our financial house back in order," Fiorina said in a statement. Fiorina will run as a Republican and challenge Boxer, a Democrat, who has held her seat for 18 years.
[42] Fiorina becomes the
second candidate in the Republican primary to publicly promise to oppose any and all efforts to raise income taxes. For those interested in Sen. Boxer's congressional ratings with taxpayer advocacy groups, I compiled just a few examples.
[32] The Republican candidate called for smaller government, decreased spending and increased transparency. She pledged not to raise taxes and decried the "rabid partisanship" in Washington. She excoriated Boxer's legislative record and said the Democrat's positions have killed jobs in California.
[6] Boxer was in Washington, D.C. Wednesday. Her campaign issued this statement: "California needs a senator who will fight to create jobs - not a failed CEO who laid off 28,000 Americans and shipped jobs overseas."
[30] In response to the planned announcement, Mrs. Boxer's campaign manager, Rose Kapolczynksi, issued a statement saying, "California needs a Senator who will fight to create jobs not a failed C.E.O. who laid off 28,000 Americans and shipped jobs overseas."
[38] Fiorina said Boxer has demonstrated an "utter failure to lead" and has a "track record of bitter and ineffective partisanship." On her
campaign Web site, Fiorina did not list technology among her top issues, focusing instead on small businesses and jobs, taxes, energy, and healthcare. Within the taxes category, however, she said she would make sure "every federal budget goes up on the Internet" and "every bill goes into the Internet." Federal legislation is currently posted on the
Thomas Web site, an arm of the Library of Congress, within several days of its introduction.
[42] Fuggeddaboutit. This one is Boxer's to lose. Carly Fiorina did an outstanding job of buying new corporate jets when she was at Hewlett Packard.
[6] Under energy, Fiorina said that the creation of clean, green technology will create new jobs and will allow California to be a leader in innovation. Politicians have to make sure that "when entrepreneurs come up with these great technologies they don't find it so hard to build a manufacturing plant" in California that they go to other states or overseas, she said.
[42] Someone in these comments mentioned the lack of experience Fiorina has regarding the position she is running for. does that remind you of someone else who has no experience for the job he is in and that inexperience is really starting to show. The liberal state of California wants all and gets stuck with how to pay for all of these wishes, hence the recent shortfall of funds in the state goverment. If each state were responsible for supporting itself California would certainly learn to control it's spending.
[6] "Our most pressing problems today are too few jobs for Americans and too much spending in Washington," said Fiorina, who winds up a three-day state announcement tour in Pleasanton on Friday.
[18] Fiorina oversaw thousands of a American high tech jobs outsourced to foreign countries while she was at HP.
[38] In the past, it'''s described Fiorina as a failed Silicon Valley executive who exported jobs. During Fiorina'''s first official campaign event, someone asked about her firing from Hewlett Packard after six turbulent years.
[9] Fiorina would be the fifth Silicon Valley executive to compete in a statewide race in California next year.
[2] Fiorina will run California like HP. I just hope the Dems have a better choice than last time.
[22] Prior to HP, Fiorina was at Lucent Technologies. Fiorina served as an economic advisor to former presidential hopeful John McCain during the 2008 election, and there was some buzz that she was considered as his running mate. She played a less prominent role during the campaign, however, after she suggested in an
interview that neither McCain nor his VP choice, Sarah Palin, had enough experience to run a major corporation.
[42] Not that there aren't plenty of incompetent public servants, but we really do not need another. As a businessman in the tech sector and a longtime fan of the old Hewlett-Packard, I find myself laughing -- rather scornfully -- at the mileage that Fiorina has tried to extract from her troubled tenure as CEO of HP. I hope it will escape no one's attention that Fiorina presided over a degradation of HP's products, lowered profits, misguided acquisitions, and a pervasive malaise at that company that resulted in her being, essentially, fired by the Board of Directors.
[6] '''Throughout my career I've brought people together, and I've solved problems,''' Fiorina said in a statement. Yea, She certainly will bring people together to vote against her. She needs to find a different sandbox to play in with her millions she rip off from HP with her failed leadership.
[34] THey keep the business killing stuff away from us helping us filibuster. Frankly, as an HP employee, I think that Carly is incompetent. but I also think that she might be electable (in theory at least female, wishy washy on abortion, etc) and she would certainly vote more Republican than Barbara Boxer.
[16] How can the fiscally incompetent state of California continue to elect Democrats? Any Republican would be better than who they have now. This is a joke right? She actually believes she is what California needs? She was a failure at HP. She pocketed the $$$and ran. She doesn't vote and blames an unconnected feeling? What an ego she must have. She's the next Hindenburg in CA.
[6] How much longer can the fiscally incompetent state of California continue to elect Democrats? Any Republican would be better. I'm sure that many of the tax-paying achievers of your state (those that haven't left yet) would vote for someone like David Duke if he could just stem the tide of taxational-theft taking place there.
[6] Great - if she gets in, she'll spin off the Southern California region into another state called something like Los Angelent and set about systematically destroying most of the economic base of what's left. She's a real good candidate to ensure Dems control the Senate. She was kicked out of HP after royally screwing up the company and then screwed up her role as a McCain advisor.
[6] My column for Thursday raises the question of whether the newly minted candidate for U.S. Senate from California will fall prey to the same flaws often cited by critics of her management at Hewlett-Packard: too much Carly, too many fancy advisors and not enough deep thought.
[47] Embedded video from
CNNMoney.com Video Kudos to Fiorina for speaking out. The fact that she's running for the U.S. Senate is a sign that her prognosis is good. She's as tenacious as ever.
[41] "I now understand, in a very real way, that the decisions made by the Senate impact every family and every business, of any size, in America. This is what motivates me to run for the U.S. Senate," she wrote.
[2] After her failure at HP, Carly should just buzz off and fade away into obscurity. Unfortunately, people like her just can't stand to take their lumps and realize they may not be everything they think they are. She's an egomaniac, an uninspiring and poor leader, and just generally dislikable. I hope she runs for the Senate seat, puts her all into it, blows a lot of her own money on the campaign.and loses dramatically and conclusively.
[45] Carly Fiorina is pro-life. She is fiscally conservative. She is another one like Kelly Ayotte. Never did anything to seem like a moderate, but people like you all made them look like moderates because they have support from Washington.
[39] Like Carly Fiorina, George W Bush was also a complete failure as a business person, and he wound up as President and totally messed up the national economy. It may well be that only in our bazarro-world would Carly Fiorina be taken seriously, but she will have a lot of money behind her (especially her golden parachute).
[38] Carly Fiorina will get the votes of the same people who voted for George W. Bush, despite the fact that he had performed poorly at everything he had ever tried.
[38] "A hypothetical matchup with Carly Fiorina is much tougher for her," observed USF professor Corey Cook. It's tougher because Boxer wouldn't be able to paint her opponent as someone insensitive to women's issues.
[30] Carly can't win. She is a credible candidate who will force the Democrats to spend money defending Boxer, but ultimately Fiorina will lose.
[37] Either GOP candidate is likely to face an uphill battle against Boxer, who led Fiorina and DeVore by double digits in the same Field Poll.
[10] If I have to choose between Boxer, DeVore or Fiorina, I'll choose Fiorina. I'm tired of POLITICS AS USUAL career politicians who view their constituents as children who should be talked down to. I too worked at HP under the reign of Fiorina, and despite advancing through three higher and higher positions, got no increase in salary because of her shenanigans.
[26] In a press release, the DeVore campaign said it "welcomes Fiorina's candidacy as part of the great pageant of American democracy -- and we eagerly anticipate making the case for a principled, Constitutional, and engaged conservatism." UPDATE: In her announcement speech in Orange County, Fiorina said she was "extremely proud" of her record at H-P and pointed to the company's current performance and long term growth as a result, in part, of her leadership.
[40] Conservative DC types are taking advantage of the new neutrality, too, starting with Senator Jim DeMint endorsing DeVore, while Fiorina has the backing of South Carolina's other Senator,
Lindsey Graham.
[16] In addition to Coburn, Senators Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, Jon Kyl, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Lisa Murkowski, and Olympia Snowe endorsed the former Silicon Valley executive. "I am humbled to have earned the endorsement of each one of these distinguished Republican Senators," Fiorina said of today's endorsements. "They are all dedicated public servants and it is a true honor to have their support."
[39] I know which name and which endorsement have more clout with the grass roots, the Tea Partiers, and other activists who will be essential to any Republican challenge of Boxer. Does Fiorina, who decided to try to drown out this news by
announcing her formal candidacy.
[16] On the way out, Fiorina received a $21 million severance package — a cash cushion that has made Boxer's team nervous. Even before her announcement, Boxer used the threat of a Fiorina candidacy to boost her own fundraising, collecting $1.6 million in the last quarter and reporting $6.3 million in the bank last month. "This could be the toughest Boxer campaign yet.
[2] As Fiorina mounts a full-scale campaign, Boxer could find that advantage slipping.
[10] Why trade one liberal for another? California is an economic mess because of liberal governance. When will you have enough? Fiorina is no different than Boxer in their ideology.
[24] "There's Dianne Feinstein and then there's what's-her-name." Referring to two works of fiction that Boxer has penned in recent years, Fiorina added sarcastically: "At that killer pace of one piece of legislation for every term in office, she has managed to write two fiction novels, and in August, instead of holding town hall meetings, she was on a book tour.
[14] Let's face it: Carly Fiorina or no Carly Fiorina, abortion will not be made illegal in the next 4 years, probably longer.
[39] Since being fired from HP in 2004 following the poorly-received merger, after which HP's stock plummeted (
later recovering ), the secretary-turned-CEO has helmed Carly Fiorina Enterprises, which is "focused on global economic development and grassroots individual empowerment."
[26] The report presented by the Fiorina campaign noted that HP stock opened at $17.44 the day the Compaq merger was complete. It's now at about $48 a share, an increase of more than 160 percent.
[11] Profits dipped from $3.1 billion in 1999 to $2.4 billion in 2005, but soon after shot up, to $8.3 billion in 2008. In her book, Fiorina shares the credit for HP's rebound with Hurd. She said the company's current standing as one of the world's premiere technology companies stems from his management, as well as the transformation that took place on her watch.
[11] Fiorina had a rather rocky tenure at HP. The company's $19 billion acquisition of Compaq 2001 resulted in a
proxy battle with HP heir Walter Hewlett.
[42] What's Fiorina's platform going to be? "I drove HP into the ground, got dumped by the company for a man who had to clean up my mess, so now you should elect me senator."
[38] The GOP cannot be serious if they support her. Yes she has name recognition, but not in a good way. Anyone familiar with HP and the fact that it's value tanked to less than half what it was worth before she came on as CEO knows the deal. Let's not mention how many jobs the state lost to foreign countries through HP's "downsizing" after the Compaq merger--sending jobs overseas-- and the epic battle between her and the Hewlett family (who knew what the Compaq merger would do the the company).
[6] Take from that what you will. Carly create jobs? That's a laugh. The only jobs she ever created were in Singapore and Malaysia as she moved American jobs from here to there. Her credentials? Ran Lucent Technologies into the ground and almost ruined HP before they paid her $21 million to 'just leave'! She is a joke.
[26] I would like to ask a question to Carly. What do you say to all those American's who have lost their job in HP during your tenature? You know the ones you told "No American has a God given right to a job".
[6] Carly had recently undergone surgery for breast cancer. When questioned about her health status, she said that her surgery was successful and that she is in perfect health now. She made the announcement at the Earth Friendly Products at Garden Grove. She accused Boxer of supporting environmental programs that are too expensive and incur huge government expense and does not create enough jobs. She further said that she felt that Boxer has done precious little for Washington. Carly added that she hardly recognizes her as a Senator.
[44] The problem which is being ignored in Washington by the administration and Senators like Barbara Boxer is the dismal economy and a lack of effort to restore or create jobs.
[6] Barbara Boxer has been an impassioned advocate on many issues like clean energy in the Senate.
[38] The GOP candidate would compete against incumbent Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, who is seeking a fourth term.
[34] I'm stunned! Hiltzik unimpressed by a GOP candidate for anything? Boy, that's news. Well, in spite of all her shortcomings that you took great pains to dig up and magnify, she is miles ahead better than Barbara - "don't call me ma'am, call me Senator, I think I earned it" - Boxer. At least she has more glam and substance than the poseur Boxer, who has neither.
[47] Analysts say that up until now, Senator Boxer has led a politically charmed life. All of her Republican opponents have been conservative men, popular with the GOP base but not with moderates and independents.
[30] CA State GOP. Please come up with a real conservative candidate to run against that loser Boxer.
[6] Chuck DeVore is the candidate with conservative values and will help balance out the Senate. California can not keep going in this direction and we have to be dilegent and smart in our thinking.
[24] The DeVore campaign is touting an endorsement from outspoken conservative Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C. and his Senate Conservative Fund political action committee, announced Tuesday night.
[40] People like Colin Powell who tell the party to put up people who can reach across to the other side, but who in the end voted for Obama. Who needs these people? They drive away and destroy the party base. 40% of all Americans consider themselves conservative, and yet these people want to continually move to the left. The Conservative message is the American Dream, it is the biggest tent of all, and it's a pure winner as evidenced by the elections this week. The Rino's are destructive to the Republican party, especially at this point in time, when the public needs and wants the antidote to Obama liberalism.
[39] The only candidates who will be supported by the de facto leadership of the Republican party, Limbaugh, Beck, and FOX, won'''t stand for it. Her conservative ideology is not pure. They will only stand behind flat-earth candidates like Palin.
[34] Here's the tally thus far on Fiorina the candidate: Business celebrity with an equivocal record, cancer survivor with a secure employer-sponsored health plan, "problem-solving" candidate spouting ancient Republican nostrums. [4] A Field Poll last month showed Fiorina preferred by 21 percent of Republican primary voters to 20 percent for DeVore and the remaining 59 percent undecided.
[13] Fiorina, speaking to an invited audience in Orange County, a traditional GOP stronghold, described herself Wednesday as a Republican devoted to low taxes and tightfisted budgets. She called herself "a political newcomer who actually knows how to get something done."
[1] Asking him to reconsider his endorsement. As a Californian and Republican, I do not want Fiorina representing me in this race. She doesn't deserve it. Her response to why she hasn't voted regularyly? "My Bad."
[39] Fiorina's only hope is for non-Republicans to steal the nomination from the Republican favorite in the race.
[39] Fiorina echoed standard Republican complaints that the government taxes, spends and regulates too much. "Let's put every government budget and every government bill on the Internet for every citizen to see," she wrote. "Tax, spend and borrow is not a governing philosophy; it's a cycle of dependency and it is one that must be broken," Fiorina wrote.
[2] Ms Fiorina left with a package that exceeded $US21 million after nearly six years as chief executive. [29] " her HP severance alone exceeded $21 million after six rocky years as chief executive." She is a perfect example of a person who was hugely rewarded for mediocre work at best.
[6] Eventually Fiorina herself was fired. HP gave her a $20 million severance.
[30] UPDATE: Sen. Boxer on Thursday responded to Fiorina's candidacy by launching a "Rise to the Challenge" fundraising effort, which is looking to raise $100,000 by Nov. 13.
[42] The base is where the energy is and that energy is only going to be directed a true conservative. NO ONE will be excited about a Fiorina campaign and therefore she will have few boots on the ground fighting for her. That's another problem regarding "moderates", no enthusiasm for the candidate.
[16] Fiorina's spokeswoman, Julie Soderlund, said the campaign is working on digging up Fiorina's complete voting record but hasn't been able to thus far.
[28] 'One piece of real work in 18 years isn't much of a track record,' Fiorina said. She also criticized what she called President Obama's 'tax, borrow and spend' philosophy.
[3] "For many years I felt disconnected from the decisions made in Washington and, to be honest, really didn't think my vote mattered because I didn't have a direct line of sight from my vote to a result. I realize that thinking was wrong," Fiorina wrote in her opinion piece.
[2] We were going to vote on an amendment to the party bylaws closing the primaries, but the sponsor of that amendment backed out at the last minute. Shortly before he posted on his website a puff interview of Fiorina.
[16] Photo: Carly Fiorina, center, takes a tour with Earth Friendly Products Vice President Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks at a town hall meeting at Earth Friendly Products in Garden Grove.
[6] Carly Fiorina will hold a town-hall meeting in Clovis at Wawona Frozen Foods, located at 100 W Alluvial Ave., at 10 a.m.
[48] "Let me start with perhaps the most obvious question of all on your minds," said Carly Fiorina.
[9] To see ATR's official statement on Carly Fiorina signing the Pledge, click "read more."
[32] Carly started the campaign on an unusual note. Instead of the usual back-slapping and mutual praise that generally precedes the tooth and nail fight before the election, Carly headed straight to state her not so flattering opinion of her competitor. She said that she felt that the incumbent senator is nothing but a do-nothing of Capitol Hill. In the press conference she called to make her announcement, she began by questioning Barbara's hair, which is in sharp contrast with her close cropped look.
[44] The winner will challenge incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer in the general election.
[19] Then, that's not what you said. You were making the argument that she has a pro-life political position. Based on what she said, she'd be no different than Barbara Boxer on abortion votes.
[39] Whoever wins the primary would face incumbent Barbara Boxer (D), who has held the seat since the early 90s.
[49] Updated at 7:20 p.m. ET: A statement from Boxer's office: "Whoever wins the Republican primary will be a tough competitor.
[17] I've been worrying with news Newsom dropped Gov bid you may see a lot Dem switch registration to try to cause havoc in republican primaries seeing right now it looks like Brown is likely Gov nominee and Boxer has no opponents.
[16] Anybody I'd take Tom Cruise over Boxer. I worked for HP and left before she went to work destroying the place with the Compaq acquisition and her other poor decisions. She was universally disliked and the joke of Silicon Valley. She was fired by a Board of Directors that rarely likes to get its hands dirty. It was the first high profile termination in the history of HP. Then she was fired from the McCain campaign. This is hilarious, but also disgusting as she will undoubtedly spend huge amounts of money she never really earned. Much of her wealth was a golden parachute to get her out of the place.
[38] Now, now, Michael. She's not at all a cold-hearted billionaire. You shouldn't mis-characterize her that way. We need more truth in political discourse and less inaccurate statements like this. To set the record straight, she's merely a multi-millionaire. After she destroyed Hewlett-Packard she is capable of doing anything. She should stay home and take care of her health and leave politics to honest people!!! I despise the woman after seeing what she did to HP employees.
[6] It's ridiculous for people to think that a person like Collins is going to sway inland California Republicans.
[39] Why the fascination and pervasiveness of cult-of-personality ''' that it takes some special person to save the day, like some banana republic messiah. It is everyday people who will save California (and the U.S. and themselves), if allowed to do so.
[41] So today I am announcing my candidacy to serve the people of California as your next U.S. senator. She seems to be focusing on the economy.
[45] Senator Boxer is probably the worst senator in U.S. history. The damage she is doing to our country is going to be catastrophic on a biblical scale. It will be interesting how she explains the results of her actions to the people that put her in office. She is a disgrace to all Americans.
[9] By every measure, Senator Boxer has been one of the worst Senators in California and U.S. history.
[9] California is a fiscal disaster and Boxer, who has been in office for 18 years, should be held accountable for much of that. The state is such a mess in general that re-electing any of its officials should be food for deep thought.
[25] DeVore expects to run on conservative principles. In his five-year career in the California State Assembly, DeVore held his ground.
[36] The California primary could become a reprise of New York's 23rd Congressional District race, where a bitter split between GOP conservatives and moderates opened the way for a Democratic victory Tuesday.
[1] Fiorina labels herself a fiscal conservative. "So let's start with no new taxes," she said during her announcement.
[30] Incidentally, didn't Fiorina's "fiscal conservatism" (as Coburn puts it) run HP into the ground? There's a term for someone who might be soft on social issues but reliable on economic issues - and its not moderate.
[39] Ms. Fiorina's solution to the health care crisis is"expanding access to community clinics." She wants to turn U.S. health care into a "Doc-in-the-Box" system. That seems to match the GOP's just released "swim and then sink" health plan, so at least they're on the same page.
[38] Ms Fiorina's entry into the mix could be a wild card. Sporting a crew-cut after a nine-month battle with breast cancer, Ms Fiorina, 55, told a small gathering of supporters she would be focusing on the economy, responsible government spending and building on the health-care system rather than the Government system proposed by the Democrats.
[29] Fiorina is a walking, talking time bomb. Get her off script and she's a disaster. Glad she has apparently recovered from her breast cancer.
[41] Shambora has written for Sports Illustrated, SI Latino, Women's Health, and Triathlete. She is a frequent contributor to Postcards. Every year Fortune and the U.S. State Department sponsor the Global Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership, which brings rising-star women from developing countries to the U.S. to work closely with participants of the annual Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit - among them CEOs Andrea Jung of Avon, Ann Moore of Time Inc., and Anne Mulcahy of Xerox.
[41] We need to simplify the tax code." She is a believer of free trade, but feels other countries have to give the access to their markets that they seek in the U.S. and while some countries need to live up to all of their obligations in NAFTA. She pointed out the need to protect intellectual property in the U.S. and abroad, as well as the need for reforming regulatory mandates that date to the Depression, believing that reform would keep jobs here in California instead losing then to other countries.
[27] You have got to be kidding. She bombed at every job she's ever had. Now she is "qualified" to be a U.S. Senator? She is the biggest fraud in American public life.
[6] Never made one fiscally sound decision. Spent 100% of her time marketing(mostly herself). 0% of her time running the company. Ask her about corporate jets. She bought THREE Gulfstream jets (@ $50M EACH) because the 10 yr old jets were 'old technology'. Employees literally cheered and danced in the aisles, the day her resignation was announced. Oh and she did invent the word: Rightshoring. The definition is send high-tech software, technical and engineering jobs to countries that do not have the economic or educational systems to support them.
[6] Jon Corzine and Linda McMahon self funded. They limited, or are limiting, contributions and are not actively fundraising. A large majority, probably more than 90% of their campaigns were or will be funded from their own pocket. I seriously doubt someone who has donated over $100,000 of her money to other Republican candidates in the last 9 years would not be willing to spend any of her wealth (how much does she have? Over $100 million?) on her own campaign.
[39] An unsuccessful business executive who oversaw the collapse of value at her company under her management, supported McCain but eventually ran afoul of the campaign, now wants to enter politics? Let me guess, another Republican corporate shill!!! Throw her out before she gets in.
[34] GOP tops all three statewide elections in new Clarus Poll WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two weeks before Virginia's voters cast their ballots, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob.
[24] Republicans long have dreamed of finding a candidate with the financial wherewithal to challenge Boxer effectively.
[13] Republicans who are celebrating major wins in a the off-year election are hoping to ride the anti-Obama political wave all the way to blue California.
[50] I could never vote for someone that took economic advice from someone like Carly Fiorinia. I'm not from California but everyone would suffer is she is elected.
[6] California usually votes in two Democrat senators (one is elected every two years).
[29] People who are willing to set aside ego and partisanship and instead work to develop solutions to our problems. ''' As California's senator, economic recovery and fiscal accountability will be my priorities.'''
[34] "My campaign is going to be about solutions that work for the people of California
[23] How is a list of RINO endorsments "a step-if only small in the critical eyes of California'''s conservative activists'''in the right direction." No way do conservative grassroots activists in CA consider voting for Carly with this motley crew or RINO's backing her.
[39] Chuck DeVore, a conservative state assemblyman, is seen unfavorably by 15 percent, favorably by 8 percent, with 26 percent neutral and 51 percent having no opinion.
[24] DeMint already endorsed Marco Rubio, a conservative former state House member who is taking on the more centrist Gov. Charlie Crist for the Florida Senate.
[40] Here comes another person to purchase a seat in the Senate of the United States. She failed as leader of HP and failed as a supporter of John McCain.
[34] Having worked at HP during Carly's entire time there, I have nothing positive to say about her. I can relate this: During the last couple years she was there, she had to have four bodyguards to protect her from the engineers during her site visits.
[26] When Carly was CEO, HP was known for having the best jets in the computer business.
[6] Hows that for fiscal responsibility. If she gets in, California and the rest of the country will be in big trouble as she will outsource the government, CIA, military and provide tax advantages to corporations to ship jobs overseas at an ever faster pace.
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