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Candidates Corner
NewsReal Blog ^ | September 7, 2009 | Karen Northon

Posted on 09/08/2009 8:58:45 AM PDT by HorowitzianConservative

NRB Candidates Corner

Some promising, surprising and ludicrous names are popping up in 2010 election conversations. In the coming weeks, I will be writing briefly about these names/people, what they are saying, and what is being said about them.

♦ PROMISING ♦

Fiorina 2

Carly Fiorina

Republican, U.S. Senator for California

Although Fiorina hasn't officially declared her candidacy, it's all but certain that this former Hewlett-Packard CEO will duke it out with Sen. Barbara Boxer for the California Democrat incumbent's seat in the U.S. Senate. The Republican announced in mid-August that she filed papers to "start exploring a candidacy."

Fiorina has been steadily increasing her presence in the political sphere the last couple years, most notably as an adviser to John McCain's presidential campaign in 2008. It was then that talk of her future in politics began at a moderate buzz, as seen in this interview with FOX News' Chris Wallace in the spring of 2008.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsrealblog.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: elections; newsrealblog
Karen Northon kicks off what's looking to be a FANTASTIC series.
1 posted on 09/08/2009 8:58:45 AM PDT by HorowitzianConservative
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To: HorowitzianConservative

once again. I who have never voted for a liberal democrat in my life will vote for Boxer over Carly. I have relative swho worked at HP


2 posted on 09/08/2009 9:49:41 AM PDT by aramis1212
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To: aramis1212

Just how many of our pols would have been competent to run multi-billion-dollar global technology companies?

Seems an odd way to vote—for a liberal Democrat.

(And, btw, HP has actually been well positioned coming out of her time there.)


3 posted on 09/08/2009 9:52:38 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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