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Carly Fiorina’s first political campaign had a surprising problem: Money
The Washington Post Politics ^ | October 4, 2015 | Robert Samuels

Posted on 10/04/2015 7:08:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Famed California pollster Joe Shumate was found dead in his home one month before Election Day 2010, surrounded by sheets of polling data he labored over for the flailing Senate bid of Carly Fiorina.

Upon his death, Fiorina praised Shumate as “the heart and soul” of her team. She issued a news release praising him as a person who believed in “investing in those he worked with” and offering her “sincerest condolences” to his widow.

But records show there was something Fiorina did not offer his widow: Shumate’s last paycheck, for at least $30,000. It was one of more than 30 invoices, totaling about $500,000, that the multimillionaire didn’t settle — even as Fiorina reimbursed herself nearly $1.3 million she loaned the campaign. She finally cleared most of the balance in January, a few months before announcing her run for president....

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TOPICS: California; Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016election; carlyfiorina; cheapskate; deadbeat; designatedloser; election2016; fiorina; fiorino; gop; gope; rino
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She should be given an opportunity to answer this, but if it is true, it is very bad news for her campaign.


21 posted on 10/04/2015 9:08:20 PM PDT by TChad
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To: TChad

If president fiorina will end up being just like Germany’s Angela Merkel.


22 posted on 10/04/2015 9:41:31 PM PDT by inchworm
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To: kiryandil

She’s worth $60 million?

We knew it was a lot because of the package she walked away with from HP, despite her horrible tenure.


23 posted on 10/05/2015 8:16:49 AM PDT by Calpublican (Boehner Down! Lots more to go....)
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