Due Diligence: Carly Fiorina

Fiorina has done an excellent job in the primary campaign thus far and her poll numbers are beginning to show it. I have been impressed by the way she has handled herself and the last primary debate with the Republican A team reinforced that impression. It's time to do more due diligence, however, to see if she will walk the walk that she talks if elected.

Attached is a current article from Townhall and another from the conservative political site Redstate from 2010 when she ran for the U.S. Senate against Barbara Boxer in California, a race that she ultimately lost, and it is not very complimentary. In fact, looking at many of her positions, she comes across as a RINO in 2010, which was documented by the fact that John McCain and Lindsey Graham supported her and as the article says, when do they EVER support a conservative? 

The question for conservatives now is whether she has had a real change of heart or is she just masquerading as a conservative? To some extent you have to factor in that she was, after all, running in California, which is somewhat to the left of the People's Republic of China. The country as a whole is much more moderate than California. And it is very true that people can have a change of heart, as did Ronald Reagan in his journey from being a Democrat to a conservative Republican. Even as a conservative, Reagan governed fairly pragmatically, looking for opportunities to cooperate for the good of the country and only disagreeing when he had to - which is the essence of politics properly understood. But the questions need to be asked of her and about her now that she is playing in the "show." I hope she really has done a "Reagan" but it remains to be seen.

townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2015/09/19/the-conservative-case-against-carly-fiorina-n2053948/page/2

www.redstate.com/diary/Erick/2010/09/07/understanding-carly-fiorina/