This week, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina announced her candidacy for one of California’s U.S. Senate seats. Sen. Barbara Boxer is up for reelection in November 2010 and the Republican primary will be held in June.
In the primaries, Fiorina will run against Chuck DeVore, a California State Assemblyman from Orange County a position he has held since 2004. Mr. DeVore has clearly had his feet firmly planted in the political arena since age 19 when he began actively volunteering for the Republican Party. Since then he has been a Reagan White House appointee to the Pentagon, been an aide to former Congressman Christopher Cox, was the City Commissioner for the City of Irvine and has been elected to the Orange County Republican Party Central Committee four times. To read where Mr. DeVore stands on the issues, visit his Chuckdevore.com for U.S. Senate website at http://www.chuckdevore.com/issues/
Given Chucks long political record, compared to the fact that Fiorina has voted in six of the fourteen elections held in California since 2000 and did not vote once in the ten years she lived in New Jersey prior to moving to California, I am surprised that she is already spending her time attacking Sen. Boxer, rather than her primary opponent that she will have to defeat in June.
In fact, I found the video of her campaign announcement absolutely fascinating! Take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIYREAUpkeM
I agree, job creation should definitely be a top priority for Washington. What about those 28,000 HP jobs that went away when you were CEO Carly? What about all those jobs that went overseas?
Fiorina cut her political teeth as top economic advisor to the McCain Presidential Campaign in 2008 (and we all saw how well that went). Although it went particularly badly for Carly, after saying that none of the candidates were qualified to run a major corporation like HP, she was more or less blackballed from the campaign. http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/09/16/is-fiorina-finished-two-big-mistakes-get-carly-in-trouble/
Ok, maybe I’m being a little harsh here, but it seems like she hasn’t done much of anything that anyone has liked. First, she was ousted from HP, then she was ousted from the McCain campaign. What exactly does she think she can bring to the party this time??
Job creation! (I think this should be the new definition of “creationism”.) Focusing on small businesses and entrepreneurs is the way to go. Make it easier to start a new business, she says! But how? The systems are so different depending on which state you’re in (clearly since Delaware is THE state to incorporate your business in while incorporating in California would subject you to expensive laws, regulations, and other terrible things). Maybe she and Meg Whitman should switch races…
Oh, and as a recent breast cancer survivor you better believe that the woman has some serious opinions on healthcare. Although, her problems seem to be more centered on leaving decisions in the hands of the patients and their doctors, ensuring better communication throughout the system, and lowering costs. Not that I have a problem with that, I think all of those things are important. However, lowering costs is never going to happen until you get the uninsured out of emergency rooms, and make preventative care more available. I also have a small problem with someone who received a $21 million severance package from HP telling me that she just had a typical experience in the healthcare system. Money may not be able to buy happiness, but it can certainly buy a better healthcare experience.
For more Carly info, check out her website: http://carlyforcalifornia.com/
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