Posted on 09/18/2015 7:51:02 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In theory, Carly Fiorina should be one of the best fundraisers in the Republican field.
She was the breakout star in CNN's Republican debate on Wednesday, the second straight contest in which she's distinguished herself. She's the former CEO of a major company and she's well-connected in donor-rich California.
But she has a problem: The money hasn't followed the hype -- yet.
"Buzz tends to turn on the money spigot, and she's clearly getting a lot of buzz out of last night," said Kenneth Kies, a longtime Republican bundler and lobbyist. "But it's probably not enough to fuel the tank to get you through to February."
Buoyed by two consecutive widely praised debate performances, Fiorina is expected to surge in the next round of public opinion surveys. But party insiders say her next challenge will be to convert that goodwill into hard dollars that can drive votes come next winter
Despite her deep connections to the conservative movement in Washington and to the moneyed class of Silicon Valley, Fiorina's campaign had only $1 million on hand as of this summer (roughly the same amount as Rick Perry, who has since dropped out of the race due to financial problems.) The former Hewlett-Packard executive took in about $1.7 million in the first two months of her campaign, less than every other Republican candidate she shared the stage with on Wednesday....
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Fiorina playing the “woman” card the same way blacks play the “race” card.
And then she chooses a horse a her code name. If Trump has done thug the media would be screaming at top of lungs how dare he insinuate she has a horseface
Also jeb wants to be called energizer but instead will be called “heavy duty”
Heavy duty.... see when I look at Jeb I see Howdy Duty
Back when Prince Charles was rolling in the hay with Camella, there was a pic on the computer with John F. Kerry and Camella, and a pic of a horses face...
Please will someone show the three of them and then add Snarly Carly to it?
You'll get a good laugh!!!
Please refer to her by her formal name--- Secretariat. It is, afterall, a name she gave herself. :D
Good idea, HarleyLady. I’d love to see that one myself.
My bad. :)
Carly has always been in the race for VP, not President. She is the GOPe choice for Jeb’s running mate.
In the original plan Jeb would walk to the nomination riding his big pile of wealthy donor money. Carly would be chosen as his running mate to insulate the ticket from another “war on women” Democrat campaign. Plus, as a female Carly could attack Hillary while Jeb played nice. Since beginning her campaign Carly has been the only GOPe candidate who has aggressively attacked Hillary by name. Essentially she has been using the primary season to test the effectiveness of anti-Hillary attack themes.
Trump spoiled the plan for an easy road to the nomination for Jeb. Now Carly is being repurposed as the Trump attack dog with the for now collaborative media encouraging Trump to counterattack so they can condemn him for being anti women. After the events of the last few days Trump now understands the game, hence him calling her a “beautiful woman” in the debate. However, true to form on the post debate campaign trail Trump will not stand for direct attacks so is hitting Carly back hard where she is most vulnerable — her business record.
The GOPe, allied with the mainstream media, is going to try to kill Trump over the next few weeks with thousands of knife wounds. Every candidate, journalist, commentator, and political operative is attacking Trump for real or imagined flaws. Last week it was his remarks about Carly’s face, today it is his “failure” to condemn a citizen who suggested Obama is a Muslim. The press will use every opportunity to wound Trump with the moderate voter and the GOPe pundits will pile on.
Under the new plan, once Trump is gone the GOPe will rally behind Jeb or Kasich. When one of the two wins the nomination, Carly will get the VP nod, particularly if Hillary is the Democrat nominee. If Biden gets the Democrat nod, and Kasich is the nominee, because the party leaders give up on Jeb, Rubio will likely get the VP nod instead of Carly. Rubio cannot run with Jeb because Constitution prohibits the a sitting president and VP from the same state (Florida in this case). .
Carly may start believing her own press and believe she can emerge on top of the establishment ticket. While the press is suggesting she is for real, there is no sign of the big money moving in her direction. Without the big money behind her, she will not emerge at the top of the ticket. For now the big money remains with Jeb, although Kasich is waiting in the wings if Jeb continues to falter. Carly and Rubio remain the VP slot contenders. As far as the elites are concerned, the rest of the candidates are merely entertainment for the masses.
For the last week my email is loaded with requests for money for Carly. Don’t know how to post pictures but someone who really knows how, find a picture of John Kerry and one of Carly and notice the long big chins and noses they both have. Are they related?
We have received four emails - all hit our possible trash file - since the debate touting her win and asking for donations. Responded to all with “Please remove-we only contribute to Cruz” and sent to the spam can. Not even sure how we got on the list.
Money has not followed the hype because that is all it is; media and GOPe hype with the goal of taking out Trump. They don’t give a rat’s ass about poor little Carly, she’s just a tool to eliminate the Shrub’s biggest competitor of the moment.
That makes a lot of sense to me.
Carly would then have a pay off.
If I were in her place, I would have refused to answer such a childish question and would have instead taken the high road with something like:
What is worse looking and more important than my ugly mug, and I’m sure my colleague would agree, is the ugly condition in which our country and it’s middle class have had to wallow in since Obama took office.
She missed a prime opportunity to rise above the media juvies....
She is not a believable candidate, no matter how much the MSM pumps her up. Big donors are not in the habit of throwing money into bottomless holes.
Newsflash CNN: just because you say something, don't make it true.
I agree that she is going nowhere, but she serves a good purpose. No one, except another woman can attack Hillary. The media will eventually start to destroy Carly when she lands a few more solid punches.
Fiorina doesn’t need money with the MSM giving her donations in kind.
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