Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Carly Fiorina Makes Her Pitch in Iowa


For Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, it's about much more than making that next main debate stage -- or being the second-choice candidate in the polls.

"I know this, in your heart of hearts, everybody here cannot wait to see me debate Hillary Clinton," Fiorina told 500 Republicans, slightly grinning, at Sen. Chuck Grassley's Jimmy Buffett-esque summer picnic in northern Iowa last Thursday.

"And you know, there's only one way that happens" -- by winning the GOP presidential nomination, she added.

On the campaign trail, Fiorina is making her pitch as the businesswoman. The citizen. The woman of faith. The toughest candidate on the world stage. The reasonable outsider listening to Iowa's farmers.

The former Hewlett-Packard CEO logged 11 hours -- and even hit one deer -- in her car over a four-day, eight-stop stint that ended on Saturday through the northwestern corner of Iowa, a region filled with evangelical voters and an economy fueled by agriculture. 

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Source: NBC News

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