The John Batchelor Show

VIDEO: Fiorina Rising?

September 18, 2015

Tuesday  15 September 2015  / Hour 1, Block A:  Bill Whalen, Hoover Institution, in re: The GOP is using a 2012 playbook. It's like playing the market: don't panic when there's a difficult correction.   Fiorina: has responded to regrettable remarks by the businessman from New York, used them in a successful ad. Yes, it's her moment, also Carson's and Trump's. At some point, they'll have to show more substance, esp Fiorina. Trump doesn't have a plan; Carson and Fiorina, barely.  The polls right now want to know not plans but approach.  WSJ headline tonight: HP to cut up to 30,000 more jobs as it whittles down its services group.  Her cutting jobs while CEO is what critics are using to attack her, but she can use this headline to her benefit. "Leadership means sometimes having to make hard decisions."  . . .  They all don't have growth program  . . . "Larry, you're trying to have a rational discussion with voters who're mad as heck and not interested in having [tough, rational decisions] today. That'll come later down the road."