Fiorina was a terrible candidate, and a terrible CEO, and will never win any election. But she is articulate and entertaining on these shows, and because she has nothing to lose, she doesn’t hold back. She also is being useful in her attacks on Hilary, because she is immune from the anti-woman claim.
Carly will be very useful in taking Shrillary head on during the early going. Will not be surprised to see her throw her support to Cruz nice she drops out...which is still almost a year away. She’ll be fun to watch in the early primary season.
“Fiorina was a terrible candidate”
What was so terrible about her as a candidate? And did anyone really think she could win vs Boxer in CA?
And you’re a terrible political analyst. She is perfect for the VP slot. Smart, 3 sigmas to your right, has brass balls, excellent rapport with young techies and a sharp wit. What’s not to like?
Yikes! You sound ChuckYouTodd with that half-assed comment that conveniently omitted a few facts.
Carly did a very good job at HP during some horrible times for tech groups.
Link to NBC video where Carly provides a more factual based overview re: HP.
Not true.
Im not a big Carly fan and I definitely think she was not the best pic for the job, but she took over in 1999, just months before the Dot Com boom imploded and did a very good job steering HP through the storm.
A lot of companies did not make it through and no longer exist.
She laid the foundation for the growth that HP has seen in the last decade.
HP had a very strong old school corporate culture, some of which were negative baggage in the fast paced world of the Digital Revolution, the economics of computers, printers and electronic devices as high volume mainstream consumer products and realities of Post Cold War world including the ride of Pacific Rim countries in the electronics manufacturing world.
Carly worked hard to change the HP culture to re align it with the brave new world we are in.
One of the HP corporate culture problems was strong resistance to change.
Carly fought hard to change that culture.
HP fought back.
Carly lost.
She was right.
As for HP, I read in the WSJ a few days ago, that the changes she made at HP had a positive effect after she was forced out. The paper gave her credit for HP's performance after the fact.
Last, Carly is not dumb. She knows she is not going to win the nomination. She is campaigning for the VP slot and I think she is going to get it. As far as I know, she has not criticized any pub candidate, which shows what she is campaigning for.
However, it is vitally important she is included in the debates for her VP strategy to work. I think attm, she does not qualify.