Carly Fiorina: Outsourcer in Chief

Fiorina's friends and former colleagues in corporate America (she was the first female CEO of a Fortune 20 company) can make only $2,700 in direct campaign contributions but can give unlimited sums to the super PAC. "The actual Fiorina campaign has to be a bit more judicious with its resou...

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Published in:National journal (1975) 2015-06
Main Author: Goldmacher, Shane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Candidates
Donations
Endorsements
Finance
Fiorina, Carly
Influence
PAC
Political action committees
Political activity
Presidential candidates
State elections
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Summary:Fiorina's friends and former colleagues in corporate America (she was the first female CEO of a Fortune 20 company) can make only $2,700 in direct campaign contributions but can give unlimited sums to the super PAC. "The actual Fiorina campaign has to be a bit more judicious with its resources than the super PAC does," said Keith Appell, a veteran GOP consultant and senior adviser to the super PAC. {{thirdPartyEmbed type:magazineAd source:magazine_bottom}} Since her time as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, Fiorina has fended off attacks that she was an outsourcer, but perhaps the most audacious outsourcing of her career is happening today, on the campaign trail. [...]it was so uncommon that Kessler didn't realize that his referral to Carly for America meant he was no longer speaking with the Carly for President campaign itself.
ISSN:0360-4217
1943-4553