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| A Tea Party Candidate Promises Fiorina a Fight |
| 2009-11-19 |
| Carly Fiorina announced her 2010 campaign for California's U.S. Senate seat in the usual way. She rolled out a new Website. She bounded across a stage at a "green detergents" factory to the strains of "Surfin' U.S.A." and gave a short speech about "solutions that work." Then she added a step that has become more-or-less essential for serious Republicans--a conference call with conservative bloggers. Over 23 minutes, she fielded some of the friendlier questions she'd get all day, such as whether she'd learned anything from 2009's successful Republican candidates that could help her in her challenge to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). "My team knows very well how to run a campaign against a nasty Democrat," said Fiorina. Halfway through the call, however, conservative blogger Dan Riehl awoke the elephant in the room. Did Fiorina have anything to say to Chuck DeVore? One day earlier, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) had endorsed DeVore, a Republican assemblyman from Irvine, Calif., who had been running against Boxer for months, and had pre-emptively attacked Fiorina for her allegedly liberal positions. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 I'm afraid CS is spot on. Devore is our preferred candidate for conservatives, but would have no chance against Boxer and her warchest. Fiorina is not a good GOP candidate, but she's better than "Dumb as a box of hair" and would at least vote most times with the Caucus. We don't need Barbara for another six years for purity's sake (I hate making that argument, but it's reality). If Devore had more name recognition, more campaign funds, and a healthier state GOP behind him it might be different |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-11-19 18:54 |
| #8 I should add, by their standards, *I'm* pro-life, in that I think it's an abomination and I'd probably shun anyone I found out had gotten one. But I certainly don't think it's murder, and I'm kind of leery of the shitstorm if they overturned Roe vs. Wade. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-11-19 16:40 |
| #7 Since when is Fiorina pro-life? She wasn't as of the 2008 convention. For that matter, she gave a really horrible, sleep-inducing convention speech. Oh, OK, by Media Matters standards, she's pro-life, but then, by that standard, so's John Kerry & Bill Clinton. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-11-19 16:38 |
| #6 I hear Carly speak last week (yes it rymes) and my impressions was somebody who has theri stuff together and doesn't dodge questions or pass responsibility. She was aske some pointed questions about HP and to be quite honest she gave some very clear and concise answers. I really think she can take out Babs Boxer simply because she is not part of that political elite. DeVore can never win a statewide office or he would already be in one. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2009-11-19 14:59 |
| #5 at scripps news: "In June, The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Fiorina had voted in just five of 18 national, state and local elections in which she was eligible to cast a ballot since she registered in Santa Clara County in 2000, according to public records." beyond that her record as a CEO was somewhere between mediocre and awful |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-11-19 14:32 |
| #4 OK, so I just googled "chuck devore for senate" and guess whose web site popped up first? Carly Fiorina's! Is google trying to get me to drink the koolaid? That pisses me off. Are the country club republicans gonna shell out big bucks for Fiorina and ignore DeVore? We're gonna get six more years of Boxer if they do. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-11-19 12:07 |
| #3 There was talk of having her as McCain's vp at some point. My friend, an ex HP employee said that would have been the one thing to cause him to vote for Obama. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2009-11-19 10:42 |
| #2 "...where Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman united the national conservative movement against a liberal Republican candidate and let a Democrat sneak in to win a key congressional seat,..." Wait. I thought the liberal Republican endorsed the Democrat when she dropped out. Rewriting history? Or is my memory possibly bad (again). |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2009-11-19 06:14 |
| #1 Her political baptism came as an adviser to the McCain-Palin campaign. Sheesh! There is a good reason NOT to vote for her! |
| Posted by: Jumbo Slinerong5015 2009-11-19 05:42 |