Carly Fiorina

The widely played video clip of U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer reprimanding a general for calling her "ma'am" is the gift that keeps on giving for the two Republicans hoping to challenge her next year. Republicans Carly Fiorina and Chuck DeVore are trying to capitalize on the exchange by making it a key ingredient of their fundraising efforts and attempts to recruit grassroots support. Both campaigns say the video revs up a GOP base that already has long-standing animosity toward Boxer, among the most liberal members of the Senate. Whether it will have currency beyond next June's Republican primary, when the winner will have to ... Read Full Story

Carly Fiorina, an advisor to presumptive Republican presidential nominee U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), speaks during a press conference to defend Presumptive U.S. vice-presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's experience on day three of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The GOP will nominate U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as the Republican choice for U.S. President on the last day of the convention. (Getty Images) more pics » Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina says she'll run for the U.S. Senate seat held by California incumbent Barbara Boxer . Fiorina ended months of ... Read Full Story

Carly Fiorina may be considering a run for US Senate. (Getty Images) Carly Fiorina , the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, has become a subject of plenty of chatter, after continued rumors that she's considering challenging Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) for her Senate seat in 2010. Fiorna hasn't officially declared she plans to run, but the San Jose Mercury News poured more gasoline on the fire today, with an article looking at what Fiorna would bring to the fight . First and foremost of Fiorina's assets? Her, uh, assets; she can pour millions of dollars into her own campaign, allowing her to hit the ground ... Read Full Story

In the weeks since Carly Fiorina announced her run for a California Senate seat, the former Hewlett-Packard Co. chief executive has been working to convince conservatives that she is one of them. She signed a pledge opposing any increase in income taxes, blasted the spending in the proposed health care overhaul, took up the cause of farmers who want relief from government-imposed water restrictions, and has sent a steady volley of shots aimed at the record of Democrat Barbara Boxer, who is up for re-election next year. But in doing so, Fiorina is walking a political tightrope that has proved the downfall of many ... Read Full Story

Carly Fiorina's claim to fame — her five-and-a-half years as chief executive at Hewlett-Packard Co. — could also be her greatest vulnerability in next year's U.S. Senate race in California. Hours before Fiorina made her candidacy official on Wednesday, her campaign aides sent reporters an 11-page report touting her record at HP. At the same time, Boxer's team was portraying Fiorina as an insensitive CEO who oversaw the firing of thousands of workers and a then-controversial merger with Compaq Computer Corp. "California needs a senator who's going to fight to create jobs, not write off 28,000 workers and ship jobs overseas," Boxer campaign spokesman ... Read Full Story