WHO could POSSIBLY fill the MIGHTY shoes of Michael Steele? How does Carly Fiorina grab ya?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Will Republicans Pick a Woman to Lead Party? The Odds Are Getting Better

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/11/30/will-republicans-pick-a-woman-to-lead-party-the-odds-are-gettin/



The names of three women are in the mix to lead the Republican National Committee, giving committee members a chance to make their second consecutive departure from tradition when they elect a chairman in January.

The most intriguing development is the emergence of two -- and possibly three -- women as real contenders, after decades of women in co-chair or subsidiary "vice chair" positions. The last and only time a woman held the chairman title was Mary Louise Smith's tenure in 1974. She remains the sole woman among 64 chairs over the years.

The most speculative and interesting female candidate this year is Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett Packard CEO who just lost a California Senate race to Democrat Barbara Boxer. In a statement to the San Jose Mercury News, spokeswoman Julie Sunderland declined to confirm or deny Fiorina's interest in the post. She did say, however, that Fiorina is "exploring what her options might be to stay engaged in the issues she's passionate about." In other words, she'd like to stay in politics.

Next along the spectrum is Maria Cino, who was CEO of the 2008 Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn., and has laid groundwork for a race by registering a "Maria for Chairman" fundraising committee with the Federal Election Commission. Cino is a former Transportation Department official and has held numerous high-level positions with the RNC and other party committees. She's well known to GOP insiders and her supporters include Mary Cheney.

[Ken Burch]

1. Is it just me, or does Carly have kind of an Esme Cullen vibe in that photo?

n/t.

[DJ13]

2. I was thinking Cruella DeVille

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. I thought demon sheep...I could almost see the laser beams shooting out of her eyes.

:-)

[MBS]

4. hideous

:puke:

[tularetom]

5. She'd outsource the entire republican party to fucking Taiwan

Sounds like an excellent choice to me.

[KeepItReal]

6. Let one of the worst CEO's ever run the GOP? Fine by me.

Hewlett-Packard's Carly Fiorina

Its fashionable these days to suggest that Hewlett-Packard (HPQ, news, msgs) CEO Carly Fiorina is a genius for improving results slightly in the past couple of quarters, but lets be frank: Shes not. Not even close. Under her egotistical direction, a company that was once a paradigm of Silicon Valley entrepreneurship has simply failed to make any progress at enhancing shareholder value. It is now trading at the same value as it did in 1995. Almost 10 years of marking time.

Fiorinas reign at Hewlett -- combined with that of the CEO just before her -- makes a great case study of exactly what not to do. They took a company that was fantastic at doing one thing (printers), and made it a company that is increasingly marginalized at that one thing, and truly lousy at everything else. Her stubborn, ill-conceived purchase of fading, unprofitable computer giant Compaq has utterly failed to deliver on its promise of making shareholders richer with a soup-to-nuts strategy. The printer business still brings in the majority of the earnings of the entire entity.

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/p85059.asp

[cottage10]

10. Don't forget always trying to pay to much for other companies

like Compaq. She spent more time trying to wheel and deal and increasing her pay than paying attention to HP's success as a company. Destroyed employee moral big time--hey, she is the perfect for the job of leading the GOP!

[librechik]

7. Funny--I always imagined Steele in high heels and S&M underwear

so that works for my mental picture.

[blondeatlast]

8. Oh, do please let Carly do for the ReBPs what she did to HP. Little could

delight me more. Heck--she can outsource it as well!

Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease (breath)PLEEEEEEEEEEEEZE!

[Canuckistanian]

9. Fine by me

The woman defines the word "FAILURE".

[Ter]

11. Boy, the establishment sure hates Steele

After much success, why is that? Here's why: