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Carly Fiorina Debate Advisor Ken Khachigian Boasts Fiorina is “Next to Reagan…One of the Finest Communicators on Television”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e16IYuweYLg

On the day of California’s Senate televised debate, CEO Watch has found video of Carly Fiorina’s debate advisor Ken Khachigian expressing supreme confidence about his candidate’s ability to communicate to audiences on television.

See the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e16IYuweYLg

Khachigian said about Fiorina: “One of her strengths as a candidate is she’s excellent on television. Next to Ronald Reagan and Bruce Herschensohn, she’s very close to being one of the finest communicators on television that I’ve ever worked with.”

In response, Bob Mulholland of CEO Watch said, “Carly Fiorina had better be a good debater to defend her record as a failed CEO, who was fired from Hewlett-Packard after laying off 33,000 workers and shipping thousands of American jobs to places like China, India and Malaysia.”

The video was originally recorded by Jon Fleischman, who runs the website Flash Report. He posted a longer version on YouTube.

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CEO Watch is a project of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party that explores the records of Republican candidates who brag about their business credentials as qualifications for seeking public office. Not authorized by any federal candidate or committee.

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Is Carly Fiorina Holding a Secret Fundraiser with John McCain this Week?
CEO Watch Spoils the Secret and Releases a Video Highlight Reel of the John McCain/Carly Fiorina Show

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDG0BFW2×9o

Are Carly Fiorina and John McCain hiding?

We heard rumors that Carly Fiorina held a fundraiser with John McCain yesterday. But unlike McCain’s past events with Fiorina, this event wasn’t announced to the press or part of Fiorina’s public schedule.

After all the great times Fiorina and McCain had together in 2008, we can’t imagine why they wouldn’t want to be seen together during this 2010 General Election.

While Fiorina and McCain won’t go public, we wouldn’t want to miss this opportunity to walk down memory lane and revisit some of the great moments of Fiorina and McCain together in 2008.

Watch the highlight reel here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDG0BFW2×9o

Kam Kuwata of CEO Watch asks, “Did Carly Fiorina get a golden parachute from John McCain when he fired her in 2008? Or maybe the big payoff is this week, when McCain comes to California.”

Fiorina was an advisor to the McCain/Palin 2008 campaign, which lost California by 24%.

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CEO Watch is a project of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party that explores the records of Republican candidates who brag about their business credentials as qualifications for seeking public office. Not authorized by any federal candidate or committee.

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“Hook ‘Em Horns!” First Rove, Now Cheney
While in Texas, Carly Fiorina Touts Support from Liz Cheney
Fiorina also admits sending California jobs to Texas

On day three of her fundraising trip through Texas, Carly Fiorina has made herself right at home with the right-wingers in the Lone Star State, touting her support from Karl Rove, and now the Cheney family.

As reported in Politico, Fiorina’s latest tweet announces support from Liz Cheney’s political advocacy group, which criticizes Barbara Boxer on its webpage.

It’s only natural that the Cheney family would reward Fiorina, who has embraced the failed “trickle-down” economic agenda and has called “disgraceful” a new law to end tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.

But Fiorina’s love for Texas is not new. Here’s what she said in June: “You know, I’ve sent jobs from California to Texas. The environment in Texas is one of ‘y’all come on in.’” (YouTube: Fiorina at Beverly Hills event, 6/23/10)

Yes, Fiorina has loved Texas in the same way she has loved China, India and Malaysia – all places where she has sent California jobs.

Now that Fiorina is with her right-wing friends in Texas, her famous phrase “right-shoring” may have a new meaning.

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CEO Watch is a project of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party that explores the records of Republican candidates who brag about their business credentials as qualifications for seeking public office. Not authorized by any federal candidate or committee.

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While Fiorina is in Texas today…
Karl Rove Comes Out to Play with New Fiorina IE in California
TV Ad Rewards Fiorina’s Support for Shipping Jobs Overseas

While Republican Carly Fiorina is at a private club in Texas raising money today, she is getting a boost from top Texas Republican Karl Rove, who has unleashed an independent expenditure television ad to reward Fiorina for supporting tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.

When Karl Rove and President George W. Bush were in Washington, they kept in place tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. (USA Today, 3/21/2008) Today, Carly Fiorina supports tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas, calling “disgraceful” a recent bill that ended some of these tax breaks and will help California keep 16,500 education jobs. (Los Angeles Times, 8/11/10; Associated Press, 8/6/10)

Fiorina’s position is not surprising since she also shipped thousands of jobs to India, China and elsewhere when she was at Hewlett-Packard; she even boasted about it, calling it “right-shoring.” (San Francisco Chronicle, 1/9/04)

“While Carly Fiorina is fundraising in Texas today, she is getting rewarded by Karl Rove and Texas oil billionaires for supporting tax breaks for companies that ship American jobs overseas. Carly Fiorina may earn millions in advertising from Karl Rove’s Texas friends for saying it’s right to send jobs overseas, but her right-wing economic agenda is wrong for California. Karl Rove’s act didn’t work for George W. Bush in California and it won’t work for Carly Fiorina either,” said Kam Kuwata, from CEO Watch.

Salon.com has reported that “virtually all of the $4.7 million raised by Karl Rove’s new conservative outfit was contributed by just four billionaires, three of whom are based in Dallas, Texas, and two of whom made their fortune in the oil and gas industry…Trevor Rees-Jones, president of Dallas-based Chief Oil and Gas, gave a $1 million donation to American Crossroads just as the group was starting in April…. TRT Holdings, owned by Dallas’ Robert Rowling, gave American Crossroads $1 million. Rowling, whose firm owns Omni Hotels and Gold’s Gym, got started at his father’s successful company, Tana Oil & Gas.” [Salon.com, 5/23/2010]

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CEO Watch is a project of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party that explores the records of Republican candidates who brag about their business credentials as qualifications for seeking public office. Not authorized by any federal candidate or committee.

CEO Watch Launches Campaign to Examine Records of California Republican Candidates

A project of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Democratic Party (LACDP) today announced the formation of “CEO Watch,” a project of the LACDP that will expose and explore the records of Republican candidates who brag about their business credentials as qualifications for seeking public office.

CEO Watch will be staffed by Democratic consultants Bob Mulholland, Jeff Millman, and Kam Kuwata.

“This year, Republican candidates say that it is their records in business that qualify them to hold public office,” said LACDP Chair Eric C. Bauman. “We feel it is vital that voters have the opportunity to really look at and understand those records as we move closer to Election Day.”

CEO Watch will be at the Republican Convention this Saturday to begin this important education campaign. “As CEO of Hewlett-Packard, Carly Fiorina laid off 33,000 workers and bragged about shipping American jobs overseas,” said Kuwata, a member of the CEO Watch group. “Who knew what Fiorina meant was that she was the ‘Chief EXPORTING (of jobs) Officer’ at HP.”

“Fiorina has challenged us to look at her record. So we will take her up on that challenge!”

CEO Watch will be at the Republican Convention at 11:15 AM on Saturday across from the Manchester Hyatt Hotel in San Diego.

In addition to CEO Watch, Mulholland, Millman and Kuwata will provide strategic communication advice and support to LACDP on a variety of local, state and federal election matters.

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