I guess I missed the “lovefest.” I see her mostly being ignored by the press, which of course is hanging on Hillary’s every incoherent word.
However, I did read a really good article by a conservative female columnist this morning in which she said that the thing that she liked about Fiorina is that she wasn’t running “as a woman,” but just as a candidate, to be judged on her ideas and likely capacity to carry them out.
All of the other female Prez or VP candidates, of both parties, have done a little too much of this “vote for me, I’m a woman and I deserve it” or even the sort of “little spunky me” thing. We’ve had Ferraro (remember her?), Hillary and Palin, and I think they all lacked a certain level of seriousness in their campaigns. Like her or not, Fiorina is simply running as a candidate and not as “the first woman president.”
Of course, Barry ran as the “first black president,” and it helped him, but I don’t think it helps women as much.
You are talking about Kimberly Strassel of the WSJ, of course. There’s an earlier FR thread on that.
Listen to Levin, (also had been pointed out elsewhere) Carly has had no qualms playing the gender card. None.
Fiorina has a similar successful business and outsider path on the surface as Trump, yet those who couldn’t abide Trump (as a not-conservative) turn to Fiorina in a heart beat. And that’s what Levin is pointing out in this segment.