Sniffing around for the VP spot? "Fiorina says Sarah Palin is qualified to be president"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Fiorina says Sarah Palin is qualified to be president

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/10/carly-fiorina-says-sarah-palin-is-qualified-to-be-president.html

U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina said Monday that Sarah Palin has the credentials to be president.

"I certainly think she's qualified to be president of the United States," Fiorina said in an interview on CNN's "The Situation Room."

Fiorina's comments come as she launches a new ad campaign aimed at attracting independent voters in her quest to unseat Sen. Barbara Boxer.

Fiorina received Palin's endorsement in the Republican primary but announced last week that she was skipping Palin's Oct. 16 visit to California. A recent Field Poll showed association with Palin may be bad for a candidate's political health, at least in California.

-- Anthony York in Sacramento

[LynneSin]

1. Reagan & Bush lowered the standards with just how stupid someone can be and hold that office

To the republicans, president is just a figurehead and the real dirty dealings are done behind scenes. They just need someone who can look 'electable' and then they'll make sure that person selects the right people to actually do the job. People like Donald Rumsfeld or Dick Cheney could never ever be elected as a president - they are just too evil. SO they find lovable doofuses that can be their spokesperson for the presidency like Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.

[Gman]

3. Yeah, but jeez...

Palin makes Bush look like he really did go to Yale and the Harvard Business School.

[arbusto_baboso]

2. I think Carly just conceded to Boxer with that statement.

'Cuz it sure isn't gonna do anything other than hurt her in Cali.

[Blue_In_AK]

4. Carly is clearly delusional. n/t