Carly Fiorina won the ‘Happy Hour’ debate. By a lot.

[uhnope]

Source: Washington Post

Carly Fiorina was the only woman on stage at the so-called "Happy Hour" debate on Thursday night. She was also the only one of the seven candidates who made clear that she deserves more attention -- and a more prime spot in the debates -- as the campaign continues.

From the start, Fiorina was poised and confident. She followed a halting and seemingly nervous answer by Texas Gov. Rick Perry with a fluid riff on why she was running and how she was best positioned to beat Hillary Clinton. And, she closed that first answer with this quotable (and good) line: "The highest calling of leadership is to challenge the status quo and unlock the potential of others. We need a leader who will lead the resurgence of this great nation and unlock its potential once again."

That poised and confident answer was a sign of things to come for Fiorina. As people like Perry (still not a good debater), South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (why was he so sad???) and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (angry much?) struggled, Fiorina shined. She repeatedly hit on her knowledge of the world and foreign policy and, smartly for this Republican audience, went after Clinton on Benghazi.

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[katmondoo]

1. She sucks

[StevieM]

2. I can't tell if they are being sarcastic. Did Fox News actually label it: "Happy Hour?" (eom)

[Brother Buzz]

3. Carly Fiorina was the most articulate of the lousy lot in Monday's N. H. Republican Forum

She's totally on track to be Jeb's VP tap.

[beac]

4. Hilarious!

Then woman who nearly ran the company she headed into the ground is going to lead a "resurgence of this great nation and unlock its potential"???

Pull the other one.

ETA: And she left her notes on a hotel printer... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141169197 That's some well-organized candidate there!

[rpannier]

5. The quote would excite the post

It says absolutely nothing.

[EEO]

6. They are totally trying to prop her up, because they think Hillary is inevitable.

And in the right-wing mind having a strong woman candidate gives them an excuse to compare the two constantly.

All of it is pretty premature.

[Brother Buzz]

7. Hell, even Rick (I'm smart because I'm wearing Barry Goldwater glasses) Perry deferred to her

[PSPS]

8. LOL. Fawning much?

She closed that first answer with this quotable (and good) line: "The highest calling of leadership is to challenge the status quo and unlock the potential of others. We need a leader who will lead the resurgence of this great nation and unlock its potential once again."

HA! This is typical board room word salad. Where are the reliable standards "win-win," "sea change" and "paradigm?"

I presume Chris had an erection when he composed this piece.

[7962]

14. My company started calling layoffs "rightsizing". What a joke THAT was. nt

[customerserviceguy]

20. Yep, all seminar-speak

The kind of stuff that "Dilbert" gets a laugh out of, that's the only use for that pap.

[bulloney]

9. To declare Fiorina a winner among that cast of characters is like bragging you're the tallest midget

[PeteSelman]

10. I thought Mr. Frothy won.

She came off kind of dumb. Not as dumb as Perry but dumb. Hell, they all came off like nutcases and idiots but she wasn't the least so.

[Lint Head]

11. The sentence she used is a common thing all upper level executives learn for a test

in business school related to moving up in a corporate environment. You just have to replace the word "nation" with "company". One word. "The highest calling of leadership is to challenge the status quo and unlock the potential of others. We need a leader who will lead the resurgence of this great company and unlock its potential once again."

She's dumb as a rock and plagiarizes like a true executive would. Simply because she does not have an original thought in her head. That's why she almost drove Hewlett Packard into oblivion.

[cheapdate]

15. Thank you.

[BeyondGeography]

12. Owners have unlocked plenty of human potential

They get a little extra every year. They just don't pay for it.

[GeorgeGist]

13. The Fix by Derp Unlimited.

[candelista]

16. "Unlock the potential of others"?

Like when she unlocked the potential of HP by buying Compaq and ruining both companies?

[SoapBox]

17. Suuurrreee she did...

[erpowers]

18. Considering Her Competition

How many of the people on stage with her were considered good politicians? How many of them were considered knowledgeable and well spoken? Maybe her winning this debate is a big deal. Maybe she does deserve more attention from the media. However, it might be easy to win a debate with the people you are debating include Rick Perry and Lindsey Graham.

[big_dog]

19. lets see how she does at the big boys table at the CNN debate in September

then we can see if she is a true threat

[mdbl]

21. So Carly was driving the clown car?

Did she use GPS?

[stuffmatters]

22. So she's all cyber threat savvy ...then her speech is left on a hotel printer (H.P.?)