Comments on: Carly Fiorina Courting Clinton Supporters http://donklephant.com/2008/07/16/carly-fiorina-courting-clinton-supporters/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:59:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Steve http://donklephant.com/2008/07/16/carly-fiorina-courting-clinton-supporters/comment-page-1/#comment-411810 Steve Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:41:21 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=6345#comment-411810 Rachel, Carly Fiorina is a phenomenal businessman who campaigned across America to get investors to approve an unpopular merger with Compaq that both Walter Hewlett (a board member at the time) and the Packard family were actively campaigning against. In the end, she took a board that was unanimously against the move and turned it into a unanimous approval of the merger. Today HP is the #1 personal computing company and has made its money-sucking server products profitable all thanks to that merger. She also transformed their company culture, which had been so engrained since it was the original Silicon Valley company. In all fairness to Mitt Romney, he never encountered a situation as tough as Fiorina did with HP. For what she was able to accomplish, especially looking back in it now, Fiorina should be considered one of the best visionary CEO's of the last 50 years. That's why Tom Peters named her CEO of the Year in 2007 - 2 years after she left HP. I'm hoping that McCain does select her because she has the most potential to win over independents and women voters - not just because she's a woman, but because she's Carly Fiorina, the most famous businesswoman in the world. Rachel, Carly Fiorina is a phenomenal businessman who campaigned across America to get investors to approve an unpopular merger with Compaq that both Walter Hewlett (a board member at the time) and the Packard family were actively campaigning against. In the end, she took a board that was unanimously against the move and turned it into a unanimous approval of the merger.

Today HP is the #1 personal computing company and has made its money-sucking server products profitable all thanks to that merger. She also transformed their company culture, which had been so engrained since it was the original Silicon Valley company.

In all fairness to Mitt Romney, he never encountered a situation as tough as Fiorina did with HP. For what she was able to accomplish, especially looking back in it now, Fiorina should be considered one of the best visionary CEO’s of the last 50 years. That’s why Tom Peters named her CEO of the Year in 2007 – 2 years after she left HP.

I’m hoping that McCain does select her because she has the most potential to win over independents and women voters – not just because she’s a woman, but because she’s Carly Fiorina, the most famous businesswoman in the world.

]]> By: Jim S http://donklephant.com/2008/07/16/carly-fiorina-courting-clinton-supporters/comment-page-1/#comment-411765 Jim S Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:12:18 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=6345#comment-411765 Actually they were one issue voters. "Hillary lost and I'm gonna get Obama and the Democratic Party." is their one issue. They aren't bothering to consider that should they succeed in their goal any future Presidential ambitions Senator Clinton might have would be doomed. Actually they were one issue voters. “Hillary lost and I’m gonna get Obama and the Democratic Party.” is their one issue. They aren’t bothering to consider that should they succeed in their goal any future Presidential ambitions Senator Clinton might have would be doomed.

]]> By: rachel http://donklephant.com/2008/07/16/carly-fiorina-courting-clinton-supporters/comment-page-1/#comment-411756 rachel Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:49:40 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=6345#comment-411756 She's like a female Mitt Romney without the business savvy, too. She’s like a female Mitt Romney without the business savvy, too.

]]> By: Jack Turner http://donklephant.com/2008/07/16/carly-fiorina-courting-clinton-supporters/comment-page-1/#comment-411755 Jack Turner Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:11:47 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=6345#comment-411755 McCain could do worse. In fact, Carly Fiorina is very intelligent and articulate. She knows what she believes about economic opportunity for young and women (among others) entrepreneurs. She has wowed them already - the positive feedback is incredible. The problem is the HP history, which the Dems would use against her; I believe the facts about HP's longterm success vindicated her emphasis on R&D, Innovation, Merger, and getting into PCs and Laptops. She also isn't a Neocon; she radiates with a certain decency that is both honest and warm. Yet her instincts are sharp - she can answer any question put to her brilliantly. I think she shows a "with-it" approach and could help rebuild the conservative brand for the future, either as VP, Cabinet Secretary, Senator, or Governor of California. McCain could do worse. In fact, Carly Fiorina is very intelligent and articulate. She knows what she believes about economic opportunity for young and women (among others) entrepreneurs. She has wowed them already – the positive feedback is incredible. The problem is the HP history, which the Dems would use against her; I believe the facts about HP’s longterm success vindicated her emphasis on R&D, Innovation, Merger, and getting into PCs and Laptops. She also isn’t a Neocon; she radiates with a certain decency that is both honest and warm. Yet her instincts are sharp – she can answer any question put to her brilliantly. I think she shows a “with-it” approach and could help rebuild the conservative brand for the future, either as VP, Cabinet Secretary, Senator, or Governor of California.

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