Carly Forina to Speak at State GOP Convention

When we Democrats hold our Jefferson-Jackson Dinners and what not, we invite Speakers to keynote the event. Recently we have had President Bill Clinton, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey and Senator Amy Klochubar of Minnesota.

The Delaware Republican Party is holding their annual convention gathering at the DoubleTree Hotel on Concord Pike in Wilmington in May of this year. And after a wonderous election year in which a whole bunch of new Republicans were elected, and with a wide open field of prospective Republican Presidential candidates like Scott Walker, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and Ben Carson, the state GOP has invited…

Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO and failed U.S. Senate candidate from California, will speak at the annual gathering of party faithful on May 30[.]

To their credit, Ms. Fiorina is, for reasons passing human understanding, considering a presidential run of her own in 2016. And since Ms. Fiorina says the chances of her running are “way above 50%” and that she would make a decision on the run in the spring, I suppose it is possible that she will announce her candidacy in Delaware. Possible but unlikely.

I don’t know, I just feel our local GOP could have done better. Why not Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, who will face a very tough reelection race in 2016? Gov. Chris Christie, the next door neighbor weighing (no pun intended) a presidential run of his own? New Maryland Governor, and next door neighbor, Larry Hogan (R)? New Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (R)? I think the latter of the two could provide our local GOP some hope that maybe, just maybe, that they too will eventually win the governorship in this state again.