Carly Fiorina scares the stuffing out of me.
She lost me at the word “fetus.’’
On the campaign trail and on the debate stage, the lone female candidate among the 16 contenders for the Republican presidential nomination exudes a level of superhuman control posing as gravitas.
Every hair is locked in place. No skirt crease is offline. Every word emanating from Fiorina’s sculpted lips is delivered in practiced, soothing tones, her head titled to an unthreatening 10-degree angle.
During Wednesday night’s second televised GOP debate, Fiorina’s improved poll numbers won her a promotion from the earlier Happy Hour gabfest to become one of 11 contestants, including front-runner Donald Trump, to hit the stage for the prime-time debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.