Ever since 2010, I have been writing about the qualities and qualifications of Carly Fiorina, as a newcomer to American politics and potential superstar in the future. I noted she was smart, savvy, cultured, intelligent, and very aware of the issues both domestically and abroad.
This spring she announced for president, but it was not
until her dominating performance in the pre-debate against the other men that
she dominated the night and surged in the polls. Ever since she has been the ideal candidate
compared to the street brawlers leading the GOP polls.
CNN is moderating the second GOP debate and adopted bizarre
rules to determine which candidates would be on the main debate and who would
be in the secondary shuffle. One wonders
what CNN will do to top the Fox News Kelly and Trump controversy and record
ratings.
Before the debate even began, however, CNN created a
firestorm of controversy by saying that it did not matter that Carly Fiorina won
the first debate and catapulted from near the bottom of the polls to number 3
in Iowa out
of sixteen candidates, she would not be on the main stage.
It seems the CNN gang had established rules that only the
top ten in the average of polls from June 1 to September 2 would make the
center stage. Carly, who surged to the
top three after the debate, had no chance to be in the final because, according
to CNN, there were not going to be enough polls run after the first debate to
bring her into the top ten.
Then CNN went so far as to say there was no way to change
the rules. Carly was disappointed but
had too much class to get into mudslinging.
Of the other 15 candidates only Ben Carson commented saying she earned
the right to be on the stage and RNC chair Reince
Priebus also called for a rules change. CNN
said no.
Suddenly there was a public backlash against CNN
for blocking the only female candidate for president on the GOP side from the
debate. Lo and behold, CNN figured out
on September 1 they could change the rules to make the debate fair and they did. It will be a great opportunity for America
In the meantime, the newest poll in Iowa had
quite startling results showing Ben Carson had tied Donald Trump at 23% each
while Carly was alone in third with 10% of the vote. All the other familiar names were behind the
three outsiders to politics. In other
words, 56% of the GOP voters in Iowa
Some cracks are beginning to appear in The Donald's armor as
he seeks the Republican presidential nomination.
The latest Monmouth
University poll shows billionaire real
estate developer Donald Trump is now in a statistical tie in Iowa with retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson,
whose support is surging. Each has the backing of 23 percent of likely Iowa GOP
caucus goers. It's the first time in six weeks that Trump hasn't been the clear
leader in a major poll in Iowa ,
the first state to hold a nominating event in 2016, CNN reports.
Both Trump and Carson are
non-politicians who promise to shake up Washington .
Former business executive Carly Fiorina still another Washington outsider, has moved up into third
place with 10 percent. The combined support in Iowa for these three outsider candidates
– Trump, Carson, and Fiorina – is 56 percent, but Carson and Fiorina
are far less blustery and less inclined to lob one-liners and insults than
Trump.
