I haven't written yet about Ted Cruz's rather gutsy move to announce a running-mate before he actually becomes the Republican presidential nominee.
Mainly because I didn't really know what to make of it. Or what to make of Carly Fiorina's rather creepy singing to Ted's children at the announcement.
“I’m still reeling from the news out of the Ted Cruz campaign. First, that there is still a Ted Cruz campaign….second, that he named a running mate yesterday. That is bold.”
Colbert applauded Cruz’s “huevos rancheros” for choosing a running mate so early in the game, and then proceeded to liken it to the captain of the Titanic announcing a “vice captain” as the ship is going down.
But Colbert saved the most glee to mock Fiorina’s “lullaby” for Cruz’s children: “It’s like Disney gave the wicked stepmother her own song.”
Back in early January, then-Republican White House hopeful Carly Fiorina told CNN that Ted Cruz will "say anything to get elected."
Today, Ms. Fiorina endorsed Cruz:
“Ted Cruz is a fearless fighter for our constitutional rights. He has spent his life protecting Americans’ God-given liberties, and he has always stood by his word. Unlike the status-quo political class in D.C., Ted Cruz didn’t cower when he got to Washington – he stood unequivocally for the American people. I know Ted, and he’ll do the same as president,” said Carly Fiorina.
Expect to see more Republicans changing course on Cruz as they grow fearful of Trump's (very possible) candidacy.
Already Sen. Lindsey Graham has said in recent days that he will hold his nose and vote Cruz rather than see Trump become the 2016 presidential nominee.
Here's Fiorina telling CNN's Dana Bash what she really thought about Cruz in January. Check the 2:25 mark.
Current GOP nominees praise Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton.
Emphatically.
Oh - of course, this was all before she began to run for prez.
How quickly they turn.
Very effective ad in that it literally uses their own words (Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, and Donald Trump) from not long ago.
Much like the earlier USA Today/Suffolk University poll I posted earlier today, the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows Donald Trump virtually tied with Ben Carson, and Carly Fiorina and Sen. Marco Rubio tied in 3rd.
Two new polls show Carly Fiorina surging after a strong debate performance on Wednesday night.
According to a new Voter Gravity poll of 2,839 New Hampshire Republican Primary voters, they put Fiorina in the number one spot with 22%. Donald Trump trails her at 18%, and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson landing at third with 10%.
Additionally, a new CNN/ORC poll shows Trump has fallen 8 points in that national poll while Fiorina jumped an amazing 12 points.
Those numbers put Trump at 24%, Fiorina at 15% and Carson at 14%.
Sen. Marco Rubio saw a bounce from his showing at the debate jumping 8 points from 3% to 11%.
Thirty one percent of those polled said Trump was the loser of the debate, 52% said Fiorina was the victor.
Via CBS News: Carly Fiorina was given the opportunity to respond to comments Trump had made insulting her appearance.
He later said he was talking about her persona.
"Mr. Trump said to me that he heard Mr. Bush very clearly and what Mr. Bush said. I think women all over this country heard very clearly what Mr. Trump said," she said, getting applause from the crowd.
"I think she's got a beautiful face and I think she's a beautiful woman," Trump responded.
In a new interview in Rolling Stone released late Wednesday, GOP frontrunner Trump said of the former HP chief "Look at that face!?"
"Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?!" the magazine quotes Trump as saying while he and his staff watch a television appearance by Fiorina.
The real estate mogul reportedly added: "I mean, she's a woman, and I'm not s'posedta say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?"
When Fiorina was asked about the comment on Megyn Kelly's FOX News show last night, the former HP exec downplayed the issue.
"Maybe, just maybe, I'm getting under his skin a little bit because I am climbing in the polls," she said.
Addressing the story this morning, Trump attempted to back pedal. You see, when he said "her face" what he meant was "her persona."
"Probably I did say something like that about Carly," Trump said. "I'm talking about persona. I'm not talking about look."
"I understand how the economy actually works," former CEO of Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina told ABC's Good Morning America in announcing her bid for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016. "I understand the world, who's in it, how the world works."
Fiorina has never held public office. At this point, she is the only woman in the Republican field seeking the 2016 nomination.
Fiorina touts her business experience will make her most effective in addressing economic problems that she blames on President Obama.
The Democratic National Committee quickly lined up the facts of her failed leadership while at Hewlett-Packard (where she was ousted) after her announcement.
"While she is attempting to run on her business record, it consists of mass layoffs, tumbling stock prices, and a failed merger. If this is how Fiorina ran her business, just imagine what she would do to the country," the DNC said in a statement.
Fiorina lost her only previous race for public office, a 2010 bid to unseat Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
By the way, it appears that her forward-thinking business experience didn't prep her to sign up the carlyfiorina.org domain. So, one guy decided to snap it up to show you how she did during her tenure at Hewlett-Packard. Check it out.