Carly Fiorina has announced her bid to challenge Barbara Boxer for her Senate seat, and in so doing has given the Republicans another headache.Strike one will be the lingering gossip surrounding her ouster as CEO of Hewlett Packard. She was forced out of that position in what became a very public and messy public relations event.
Strike two is her being selected to be Sen. McCain's advisor on economic matters during his campaign for president. At least one story that I came across in looking into this was how she was on record advocating for the version of the Cap-and-Trade bill that is currently making it's way through the halls of Congress. Taking this sort of stand may serve her well in the liberal land of California, but given the rate at which California is bleeding jobs because legislation like this it may not hold much sway a year from now when the lights are being turned out all across the state.
Strike three would be for comments she made, when as a member of the McCain campaign in response to a question asked of her regarding Sarah Palin's qualifications to run a major corporation. Her answer only gave fuel to the Democrats argument that her [Palin's] experience was no better then their main man Barry O, and quickly led to her departure from the campaign staff.
Palin supporters are not the sort who forget things easily.
This is what will put the Republican establishment in a bind. All of those reasons above cause great angst among conservatives across the country, but will no doubt endear her to the masses in California. So what is the national Republican campaign committees to do? I am all for getting rid of Barbara "Ma'am" Boxer, but unless Carly can show us how she is somehow different then Boxer, not just merely a more tactful version, then I don't think she is gong to feel the love from what used to be the base of the Republican party.
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