Carly Fiorina injects $1.1 million more into her campaign

[ccharles000]

With three weeks remaining in the close GOP race to replace Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), candidate Carly Fiorina has put an additional $1.1 million of her personal funds into her campaign.

When combined with the $2.5-million loan she made to her campaign last fall, the former Hewlett-Packard chief executive has now lent $3.6 million of her own money to the effort, according to her spokeswoman.

Although Fiorina's loans are dwarfed by the combined $86 million that Republican gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner have poured into their campaigns, they could give her a definitive edge over her two opponents, former Rep. Tom Campbell and Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine), as the three make their final push to reach voters.

Campbell has struggled to raise money in past campaigns. It was one reason for his departure from the governor’s race earlier this year, and Fiorina’s personal fortune could present a considerable hurdle for him in the final weeks. Late last year, she reported personal assets of $27.7 million to $121 million in filings with the Senate Ethics Committee.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/05/carly-fiorina-injects-another-11-million-into-her-campaign.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[IndianaGreen]

1. She drove HP to near bankruptcy

She will do the same to this country if given a chance.

[customerserviceguy]

3. As long as her campaign drives her to near bankruptcy

without producing anything meaningful, I'm all for it. If she won the primary, maybe the witch would spend her entire fortune trying to convince people she's not the biggest screw-up to ever seek political office.

Amazing, isn't it, that rich people seem to think that a US Senate seat or a governor's mansion (especially of a major state) is an entry-level political job?

[BlueIdaho]

2. When you're in a hole

Keep digging Carly, keep digging...

[The Damned]

4. Hey, if it's her money...

:shrug:

[Brother Buzz]

5. There are some Hewlett-Packard stock holders that might make a compelling argument...

That she doesn't rightfully earn a big chunk of that money. I suspect quite a few of the 18,000 HP employees fired by her might agree.

[rasputin1952]

6. LOL...She damn near bankrupted HP, maybe she can bankrupt

herself as well...:rofl:

I don't think she has a chance in hell...but the more cash she dumps into her black hole of a campaign, the sweeter the defeat will be...;)