Chuck Devore Welcomes Carly Fiorina To The Senate Race

Ms Fiorina announced her entry into the race for the senate seat currently held by Barbara Boxer yesterday and in the spirit of the moment Mr Devore, another Republican candidate, already has a video out welcoming her to the contest.

Shut up Mr Gingrich and Steele.

Carly Fiorina Announces Senate Bid

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.

'Obama: A Mile High and an Inch Deep'

Nice to see the Republicans are prepared to answer back during the Democrat Convention. Of course, it will all be drowned out in a sea of sycophantic coverage of The Messiah, but hopefully they'll manage to distract the Democrats enough.

There are a couple of dozen people in Denver trying to crash the party.

Not just any people, but Republican people, set up in a two story building about a mile and half from the Pepsi Center.

So who invited them?

“We invited ourselves,” says Danny Diaz, the communications director for the Republican National Committee.

“We want to provide an opportunity to contrast,” says Diaz, “because ultimately that is what it comes down to.”

Inside their Denver headquarters is a room filled with TV monitors, and busy staffers working their e-mail and the Internet. There is a press conference room set up where the likes of Carly Fiorina, Mitt Romney, and Rudy Giuliani will all hold court. They even have their own satellite truck to help facilitate getting their message out.

Their first feat: The release of a new Democratic Convention slogan. The office is filled with posters that say, “Obama: a Mile High and an Inch Deep. Not Ready to Lead ’08.”

Unity! Hillary's Brother, McCain Adviser Meet Privately

I'm sure this was all just a coincidence and these folks innocently found themselves together at the same time. After all, the Clintons are such loyalists to the party and would never do anything to undermine Barack Obama, right?

A brother of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and local Democrats who backed her unsuccessful presidential campaign socialized privately Monday with a top surrogate of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain.

The private gathering featured Carly Fiorina, Mr. McCain’s top economic adviser, and took place at the Dunmore home of political consultant Jamie Brazil, a longtime friend of Mrs. Clinton’s family who has signed on as paid national director of Mr. McCain’s Citizens for McCain Coalition.

The attendees included Tony Rodham, Mrs. Clinton’s youngest sibling, his wife, Megan, and their two children; attorney Kathleen Granahan Kane, who coordinated Mrs. Clinton’s presidential campaign in Northeast Pennsylvania during the primary election; and Virginia McGregor, sister of Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty.

With the Democratic National Convention less than a week away, the gathering raises questions about the support Illinois Sen. Barack Obama can expect from former local supporters of Mrs. Clinton, who dominated at the polls in the Northeast in the April primary election. Mrs. Clinton won 74 percent of Lackawanna County Democrats to Mr. Obama’s 26 percent.

Ms. Fiorina’s daylong local visit, part of a two-day bus tour of the state, was aimed at talking disenchanted former supporters of Mrs. Clinton into supporting Mr. McCain. The private gathering was not a fundraiser.

“I think there’s going to be a groundswell of support for McCain,” said Lackawanna County District Attorney Andy Jarbola, a Republican and one of the people who attended. “I think a lot of Hillary supporters are going to be for McCain.”

Efforts to reach Mr. Brazil, Mr. Rodham and a spokesman for Mrs. Clinton were unsuccessful.

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