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Carly Fiorina Launches Calif. Senate Bid

Ex-HP chief would face Dem incumbent Boxer

By the Associated Press

Posted Nov 4, 2009 10:07 AM CST

(AP) – Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina says she'll run for the US Senate seat held by California incumbent Barbara Boxer. Fiorina ended months of speculation today with an announcement in an opinion piece she wrote for the Orange County Register. She's scheduled to make a formal announcement later in the day. The 55-year-old Fiorina was economic adviser to John McCain's failed presidential bid last year.

Before she challenges Boxer, Fiorina must win a Republican primary against a conservative state lawmaker who has worked feverishly over the past year to court GOP voters. She says her priorities would be creating jobs, cutting government spending and expanding access to health care—but not through a national health care system. If Fiorina dips into her personal millions to fund the campaign, "this could be the most expensive Boxer campaign yet," a spokeswoman says.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.   (AP Photo)
Carly Fiorina.
Carly Fiorina.   (AP Photo)
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If [Boxer] is planning to run for re-election free of scrutiny of her failed record, her inability to lead and track record of bitter and ineffective partisanship, she'll be sorely disappointed. - Julie Soderlund, Fiorina spokeswoman

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Doctor-Zaius
Nov 5, 2009 2:18 AM CST
The new template for the GOP is to find wealthy people with high profiles. They can't raise enough cash from grass roots sources so they have to find rich people to self fund their campaigns. There are no restrictions on how much cash someone can put in their own campaign.
Doctor-Zaius
Nov 5, 2009 2:16 AM CST
Wrong as usual Hybrid. "...the union's hourly pay rates, minus retiree benefit costs, are nearly in line with those of non-American auto makers building cars in the U.S." and "UAW workers make about $55 per hour in wages and benefits, compared to $46 at plants operated by Asian auto makers, according to Barclays Capital." The difference is the retired autoworkers benefits. The reason the Asian auto companies don't have this expense is because they have no American Retirees. http://online.wsj.com/article/... Oh and now, a GM employee starts at 15 buck an hour. Try to raise a family on that.
hybrid
Nov 5, 2009 1:43 AM CST
dont have kids jackass. You cant afford it dont do it. I do have a souce for my numbers above ($59) and i will have to look it up agian. Isnt it the union that got those high legacy cost put in, agian the union promoted laziness and cost the company way to much in labor for what the jobs were.

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