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Carson, Fiorina, and Huckabee Must Find Their Money Paths in 2016 Presidential Race
The Republican presidential field is set to grow by three this week with the entries of retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and businesswoman Carly Fiorina and the expected announcement Tuesday of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.
Read More >>What Exactly Is Carly Fiorina Up To?
Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has spent 2015 establishing herself as the GOP’s top critic of Hillary Clinton. Now that she’s officially entering the race, that’s a role she’ll continue to play within the 2016 Republican field. To what end, however, remains an open question.
Read More >>Carly Fiorina’s campaign mocked after not securing domain name
A website attacking Carly Fiorina reinforced an important digital-age campaign lesson: Secure your domain names.
Carlyfiorina.org, a website that mocks the California Republican and former Hewlett-Packard CEO, begins with the line “Carly Fiorina failed to register this domain.”
Read More >>Fiorina enters the race
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina announced this morning via a video that she would seek the GOP nomination for president. The Washington Post reported on her announcement with this:
Carly Fiorina begins presidential bid
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is joining the race for the White House.
“I am running for president,” said a message posted to her Twitter account on Monday.
Fiorina, 60, has pitched herself as an outsider who can bring a business mentality and global contacts to the White House — ... Read More >>
What Brought Carly Fiorina Down at HP Is Her Greatest 2016 Asset
More than 30 years ago, on Carly Sneed’s third date with her co-worker, Frank Fiorina, he told his not-yet-30-year-old dinner companion that one day she would run AT&T, the company where he was at that point a rung ahead of her on the corporate ladder. “It was a good line; she loved it,” he says. He doesn’t recall much else about the evening. “I just remember making out in the car.”
Read More >>Crowded primary field creates dilemma for GOP leaders
The rapid growth of the GOP presidential field is causing major headaches for party bosses ahead of a primary debate season that begins this summer.
The dilemma for Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman, is stark: If the declared field grows to 18 or 20 candidates, as now looks plausible, how can those numbers be winnowed in a way that seems fair and reasonable rather than arbitrary and undemocratic?
Read More >>How to Read the Ups and Downs of Polling in the G.O.P. Race
The polling roller coaster, as FiveThirtyEight’s Harry Enten put it, has begun. One week the headline is “Ted Cruz Surging in Polls.” Three weeks later, it’s “Marco Rubio Surges to Front of G.O.P. Pack.”
The wave of candidate announcements that began late last month has set off a new phase of volatile polling, when voters will rally behind news-making candidates and move on as soon as the next arrives.
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