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Until her surge in the polls and a critically acclaimed performance in the most recent debate, Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina had limited trouble selling her tenure as CEO of Hewlett-Packard as the foundation of her case to occupy the Oval Office. -snip- It was Fiorina’s failed leadership that brought her company down. After an unsuccessful attempt to catch up to IBM’s growth in IT services by buying PricewaterhouseCooper’s consulting business (PwC, ironically, ended up going to IBM instead), she abruptly abandoned the strategic goal of expanding IT services and consulting and moved into heavy metal. At a time that...

There’s been a whole lot of talk recently about how Donald Trump‘s ride at the top of the Republican primary field may finally be over, blunted by Carly Fiorina‘s star-making debate performance and Trump’s own poor performance. The mainstream media types who just refuse to believe that Republican voters actually are the way every poll proves they are got a little bit of good news this week when a CNN/ORC poll showed that Trump’s support had dropped by eight points, while Carly Fiorina shot up by 12, passing Ben Carson for second place. See? Maybe Republicans aren’t so racist after...

For those who played youth or school sports, you possibly had to wait outside a coach’s office door after tryouts for the posting of who made the team and who was cut. The same could be true if you tried out for the school play, or cheerleading squad. Who made it, and who didn’t? The GOP fielded an 11-player squad Wednesday night in the latest presidential candidate debate. While that is enough to field a football team, it is time for some cuts. I’m not a coach or director, but nonetheless, I am posting my cuts. Sen. Rand Paul you...