Fiorina impresses the establishment

Fiorina impresses the establishment

by digby

When you lie, prevaricate and deceive as skillfully as Carly Fiorina, Republican politicians are always going to be impressed:

Coming out of a closed-door meeting at the Capitol Hill Club with Fiorina and her campaign staff Wednesday evening, several House Republicans repeatedly said they were “very impressed” by her, and some even said they were seriously considering throwing their support behind her.

The former business executive was able to draw members of Congress from across the Republican conference — conservatives and establishment members — at a time when the Republican Party is becoming increasingly fractured. According to members who attended the event billed as a roundtable discussion, Fiorina addressed the standing-room-only crowd for a few minutes, highlighting her background as a business executive and the need to control government spending, and then took questions from attendees.

“She was as impressive with the members and this audience as she was in the debates,” said Illinois Rep. Peter Roskam. “Clearly, the only challenge for her now is the high-level of scrutiny that she’ll be under. And she’s clearly a tier-one candidate — that was not lost on anyone in there. I can clearly see there is a pathway for her to be a nominee.”

Roskam added: “There was a wide range of Republican members who were there and her message and her passion and her clarity really resonated with the group.”

They've got visions of Rubio-Fiorina tickets dancing in their heads.

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