This sort of data explains why someone with zero experience in elective office (Carly Fiorina) is a plausible nominee and why political lifers like Hillary Clinton and VP Joe Biden are the most likely Democratic nominees.
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Asked for comment this week, Fiorina’s campaign referred to a recent memo from Deputy Campaign Manager Sarah Isgur Flores, which noted a moment in one video at which a former medical technician’s voice-over describes the retention of an aborted fetus’ brain tissue – no mention of “keeping it alive” – while stock footage of another fetus was shown. Ted Cruz, who is known for being outspokenly socially conservative, and antigay in particular.
“… Even before her rapid rise in the polls – she has vaulted to second place in the key early voting state of New Hampshire – Fiorina had already garnered about $2 million in support from the likes of reclusive hedge fund baron Robert Mercer and former Univision CEO Jerrold Perenchio”.
She says she would conduct “flyovers” in the South China Sea to prevent China from taking control of the trade route. Another potential pitfall for the Fiorina camp was resurrected today by the Washington Post, which quotes sources who say Fiorina’s 2010 US Senate campaign still owes hundreds of thousands in unpaid bills to vendors and staffers: Upon his death, Fiorina praised Shumate as “the heart and soul” of her team.
Many said Fiorina spent too much on television ads with narrow appeal, while others said she was an anemic fundraiser who did not keep close enough tabs on her coffers. “I really couldn’t”, Fiorina said. “I love Lucent”, she wrote.
Unsurprisingly, a number of former Fiorina staffers have been vocal about their distaste for the candidate.
“It’s becoming obvious that the left and their allies in the media are terrified of Carly because she is everything Hillary (Clinton) isn’t – a candidate from outside the political class whose authenticity and grasp of the issues connects with voters because she has the track record to challenge the status quo”, a Fiorina campaign aide told NBC News.
During her bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Carly Fiorina has had a few tough words for China, arguing that the United States should view the country as a “rising adversary”. And that’s adding both legitimacy, and the threat of going full establishment, to the newcomers’ burgeoning campaigns. “Carly Fiornia’s extreme anti-LGBT positions put her out of the mainstream of the American people”. She also had a way in the kitchen, making a fragrant cranberry sauce that Ms. Wallace said she still remembers from when she helped decorate the couple’s home during Thanksgiving.
Taken in totality one can see why the improbable – electing Fiorina – makes sense in this election cycle.
She said, “China could care less” if America tries to reduce carbon, yet President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping just announced new policies, including a national cap-and-trade program in China.
Fiorina, who is second in the Washington Examiner’s presidential power rankings, explained that such fear and apathy toward advanced technology is due in large part to a lack of exposure to it on Capitol Hill. She said “coal provides half the energy in this nation still”, yet actually it’s about 20 percent. “She would talk to you about whatever your interests are”. Perhaps, Hillary Clinton will discover to her chagrin that you can not fool people all the time.
In a meeting the day after, campaign workers said, she thanked her professional staff and shared a meaningful memory with each of them. They considered how hard it was for a conservative to win in California.
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Ms. Fiorina took time for one hobby: gardening.
