Marco Rubio does an early morning workout in hotel gyms, Rick Santorum does at least 50 pushups a day and Carly Fiorina works out on the elliptical most mornings. She said the United States government should adhere to “some form of zero base budgeting”, which would require the federal government to justify all new expenses.
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In a 2008 video uncovered by BuzzFeed, Fiorina talks about fervently supporting her present-day pseudo-opponent.
Carly Fiorina speaks at the Des Moines Register’s Soap Box.
Fiorina fielded seven questions and drew cheers from the crowd when she denounced Planned Parenthood.
“I believe that minimum wage should be a state decision, not a federal decision”, Fiorina said, to applause from a crowd at the Iowa State Fair.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is rallying hundreds of supporters in Iowa, despite protests of a vocal minority during his speech at the Iowa State Fair. It was an indirect jab at some his rivals for the 2016 GOP nomination who are members of Congress. He said, “the truth is things are better in Wisconsin”.
– Contributed by Associated Press writer Catherine Lucey.
To about 100 onlookers, he said at The Des Moines Register’s Political Soapbox: “I would send in American special ops to destroy those recruiting centers, those planning hubs, and kill them there, and get out before they have the chance to kill us here”. February is a long time off, he said, a reference to the first in the nation caucuses in his state.
Iowa’s Republican governor says don’t read too much into August presidential polls.
Branstad on Monday noted that almost every 2016 presidential candidate is coming to the fair. In a CNN piece, she challenged Clinton to “name an accomplishment”, and she has condemned the former secretary of state for using her private email account and lying about it.
Some of the questions fit into Fiorina’s background in business.
“Anybody who buys the Democratic argument that this is about women’s health you need to look at all of the other facilities that provide women’s health services”, she said.
She ran as a conservative Republican in a California, a state leftist Democrats dominate, which has not elected a conservative Republican since Reagan’s second term as governor.
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Branstad said: “I’m trying to be truly a good host in welcoming all candidates”.
