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Carly Fiorina: “Special Report” interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL5LXzkNUzY
Carly Fiorina did the “center seat” panel interview on Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier on Thursday. Some highlights:
9:00 – Iraq policy – A very strong answer. She seems in command of the facts, and realistic about the region.
15:39 – Supreme Court appointments – A quick, straightforward answer, and a family hook confirms she means it.
17:00 – Are conservative women ignored? – Very strong response, with broad appeal beyond the GOP faithful.
Questions of political viability aside, this is a candidate easily pictured in the Oval Office.
Personally, I’ve been a Rubio supporter. Rubio-Kasich seems like an electorally savvy ticket, Rubio-Fiorina seems more what I’d like to see elected. After this interview, it’s worth a long thought, especially if a pollster is asking.
Here’s hoping Carly continues to move up in the national polls, because she certainly should be in the “top ten” who qualify for the televised debates.
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I think she did very well in the “center seat”. When the guys had her on the podcast a while back, I really liked what she had to say. I’ve been telling people they need to take a look at her. I haven’t listened to everything she’s said, but i haven’t heard an “uh oh” moment.
I’ve become more impressed with her every interview I listen to. I think she would be a great Veep (especially since Susana Martinez doesn’t appear interested). My choice now is for the top: Walker, or Rubio?
I’m still leaning strongly towards Walker, especially because he’s a biker. I just wish he’d get in the race now.
However, the NY Times’ “hit” piece on Rubio confirms that he’s an extraordinary talent, but still deals with average-guy life issues. He finally pays things off, gets a big score, and decides to have a little fun with $80k and buy an ocean-capable fishing boat (hardly a “luxury speedboat”). I lived in Florida for six months, and having a boat is almost a requirement to vote down there.
Fiorina’s good. I thought as much when I watched this from the link on the Member Feed.
I see what you did there.
Every time I see her, I am impressed. She is in my top 5 now together with Perry, Jindahl, Walker, and Rubio. I hope all five of them make it to the top tier debate.
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Very impressive, more so each time I see her. Really liked her answer about ‘taking the conversation back’ regarding feminism. She’s a very good role model for women. The contrast with Hillary couldn’t be more stark. If the GOP wants to blunt/turn tide on women’s vote, I can’t think of a better way than Carly Fiorina in the #1 or #2 slot.
As for the Rubio buzz that’s out there (and this probably should be a different post) – what has he accomplished? Yes, he’s articulate and young and handsome and was elected to to the Senate. What has he accomplished? Would the answers from a panel of his supporters look all that much different from the blank stares from Hillary’s crowd?
My ideal ticket would be Carly for President and Marco Rubio for Vice. Fiorina has Maggie Thatcher qualities this country badly needs.
As Conservatives we really must be honest with ourselves. Do we like her because she is a ‘her’? Our ‘non-sexist’ answer to Hillary?
If so, is that not the same reason many are voting for Hillary?
I wrote about this in another post last month, which was discussed on that weeks podcast.
She is great on the platform and I could vote for her… however, her lack of ANY political office is significant and cannot be overlooked. Even Palin was a Governor.
I have heard three interviews with Fiorina and she’s been impressive. She can ably speak about a variety of topics. Most notably, her delivery-the confidence, the straightforwardness – makes me think she is actually convicted about what she says. I think we would know where we stood with Fiorina.
Fiorina’s sex doesn’t matter to me. She’s conservative and authentic, which I like. Her lack of experience- negative.
Her fluency in foreign affairs is impressive. I’ll take her experience over Rubio’s and even Walker’s (I’ve voted for him three times). The world’s gonna be in even worse shape in January 2017. She’ll wipe the floor with Hillary.
I appreciate having this post. I am so impressed with the decisive, well constructed, forthright nature of the answers. It has been so long since a leader addressed us with consistent conservative resonance. Carly for President now has my email address as a show my support. I anticipate the debates with great relish. We will see great things from Carly Fiorina, a citizen leader indeed.
Her answer on Iraq was stunning.
How about Fiorina/Rubio?
Or Perry/Fiorina
The first thing I look for in a President is someone who will scare the pants off our enemies and have a clear idea of who our friends are.
Well, I’m partial to genuinely accomplished working women so yes, it’s a plus, but not in the affirmative action sense. And I’ll take Ms. Fiorina’s executive experience over … David, how can you even mention Palin in the same breath as Carly?
In the long run Fiorina’s record at HP will be more more closely scrutinized. Media bias subjects business leaders to a double standard. For political purposes, you can’t be a cost-cutter if it means jobs lost, and you can’t get a big bonus or exit package which amounts to Joe Sixpack’s lifetime earnings. For CEOs, cost cutting is often a necessity, especially if you pull off a successful merger. Bonuses reflect value added and success. Additionally, a Fiorina or a Trump at the top of the ticket doubles down on the Democrats’ anti-Romney story line about “the party of the rich.” They’ll accuse her of being a “failed CEO”, even while by their own measures, the only thing worse would be a successful one.
Unlike Dr. Carson, Carly Fiorina sounds like anything but a political dilettante: she’s strong on details. A citizen-candidate who had leadership experience and gets the global picture should be a strength at a time of great suspicion about Washington insiders. But the suspicion is mutual, and outsiders will be hit hard.
Carly ran a smart Senate campaign but, like Lincoln, lost. To many fixated on winning, her 0-1 record doesn’t stack up so well against candidates like Perry, Walker, Kasich, and even Pataki with their proven knowledge of how to please voters. I wish her luck. It won’t be her first up hill climb.
Don’t get me wrong, I would vote for her a thousand times over Hillary. My only concern is that for the sake of having the right person to answer the lefts gender warfare we may nominate someone with zero political experience.
As I type, however, the ‘citizen candidate’ approach sounds very refreshing. VP is my hope.
I honestly think she’s the best candidate in the field. She appears to know her stuff, and I like that she says what she gives specifics about what she would do.
There’s a thorough backgrounder on Fiorina’s father in this excellent profile by Terry Eastland in The Weekly Standard.