When Carly Fiorina launched her presidential bid Monday, she became the first — and likely only — woman in the crowded GOP field. But that’s not what makes her candidacy so distinctive. It’s her sharp-edged attacks on Hillary Clinton that stand out, and her willingness to be the tip of the Republican spear.

Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, is a long shot to win the GOP nomination. She barely registers in the polls, has never held public office — and she lost the only race she’s ever run. Still, Fiorina’s poised to play an essential role for the party — one that could put her on a trajectory for the vice presidential short list if her 2016 bid falls short.

The GOP, which has long faced a gender gap with women, must find a way to tarnish Clinton without reminding voters of clumsy messaging and tone-deaf statements that have fueled a Democratic theme of a Republican “war on women.”

Recognizing the opening, Fiorina makes unalloyed criticism of Clinton a staple of her stump speeches.
When Clinton announced for president with a video last month, Fiorina bracketed the moment with a one of her own making.

“She’s not the woman for the White House,” she jabbed in a Facebook video.

In her own presidential video released Monday, Fiorina doubled down. She opened with a scene of her watching Clinton’s announcement speech before switching off the television and declaring that “our founders never intended us to have a professional political class.”

Fiorina, who first publicly announced her candidacy Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” has impressed early voting state activists and political operatives with her ability to fire up a crowd by going after Clinton in a way her male counterparts can’t. She’s building a brand that could make her a force within the party regardless as to whether she wins the nomination, according to conversations with a half dozen early-state Republicans.

Craig Robinson, a former political director of the Iowa GOP, called Fiorina “the most aggressive one in terms of her messaging against Hillary Clinton in Iowa.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/carly-fiorina-2016-presidential-bid-launch-117605.html

@ manny4life, does she stand a chance?

CFCfan:
@ manny4life, does she stand a chance?

NO, she don't... I don't even know her (like that), so why does she matter? Rather, why is she important? Biko, she's no match to Clinton abeg... Let her take a back seat and learn politics from her opponent.

Interesting.