Posted on 05/14/2008 9:25:23 PM PDT by The_Republican
One of the most important figures in the presidential campaign this fall is a controversial, hypercompetent blonde. She has blazed new paths, is always on message, and has written a best-selling memoir. Friends and foes alike refer to her by her first name only. And she'll play a significant role shoring up the bona fides of her party's candidate among a core constituency that might be wavering.
No, I'm not talking about the Democrats sending out Hillary Clinton on behalf of Barack Obama to reassure white working-class voters. I'm talking about Carly Fiorina, the former chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard, being sent out to reassure business-class voters on behalf of John McCain. Fiorina has emerged as the most prominent surrogate on economics issues in any of the major campaigns, and her alliance with McCain suggests both his strength and his weakness on the subject.
In July 1999, when Fiorina was named chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard, she became the first woman to run one of the companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Her rocky, five-and-a-half-year tenure was full of drama: a big, ill-timed merger with Compaq in September 2001, the dot-com/tech meltdown, difficulty managing the board and other executives. When she resigned in February 2005 there was much speculation that the charismatic executive would pursue a career in public life. In March the Republican National Committee named her victory chairman, and she pledged to stump for McCain.
At first Fiorina seemed likely to perform the role that then-Goldman Sachs co-head Robert Rubin played for Bill Clinton in the 1992 campaign. Democrats frequently need business surrogates and market whisperers, rich, successful people who can reassure the CEO class that the candidate won't threaten them much and that he understands the needs of business and the markets.
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Hey! Dont you know we Conservatives are now supposed to “cool down”, and shut up, and get with the program??!! /sarc
Calderon, Evo Morales, Hugito...take your pick.
We don’t have to. We can run a third party candidate.
I had friends who worked at HP. They were not fans of this woman, whose biggest accomplishment was apparently destroying HP’s corporate culture.
Ok, is this person doing drugs or what?? It's quite clear this clown did not own HP stock when Carly Fiorina ditched the company.
For God's sake, please tell me she is not providing economic advice to any republican!
Hypercompetent; hypercompetent? Gotta be snorting coke by the truck load! Oh, I just noticed the article was in Newsweek - this explains everything.
The GOP is stupid enough to hoist Fiorina on us.
Here's what Michael S. Malone had to say about Carly :
Trust me, that reputation endures in Silicon Valley, where she now enjoys the title (not easy to get) of the worst CEO in Valley history.
Why is it such a plum to have her? She nearly ruined 3 of the U.S.’ foremost companies.
In July 1999, when Fiorina was named chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard, she became the first woman to run one of the companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average INTO THE GROUND.....
If Newsweek is singing her praises, she can’t be good for conservatives or the Republican Party. Full marks to her PR person though.
I think he meant 'hypocompetent.'
I got an email from fiona. It was a survey on the issues that most concerned me. there was nothing in it on illegal immigration.
fiona botched hp. she’ll botch everything she touches in pubbie land.
her chief skill is sucking up to the powers that be.
she’s the kind that will show up at Davos and sing “we are with you” to the rulers of europe who have even more contempt for their people than american elites.
Fiorina? Ha!
On the positive side, McCain did recruit Don Luskin from Ron Paul’s campaign. IMHO, he is the best supply side economist in the world today. I’ve been following his work for around 10 years. I could not think of a better person to talk economic and fiscal policy.
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