Fiorina on Rising Poll Numbers: ‘We’re Going to Keep Doing What We Have Been Doing’
BRZEZINSKI: “We are watching your candidacy and we are hearing behind the scenes that you might be the one who could take on Donald Trump. How is the campaign feeling so far?”
FIORINA: “Well, good morning to everyone by the way, Joe and company. The campaign is feeling really good. We have a lot of momentum obviously, but this is a long race. I think the key is making it through the long haul is neither to get too high nor too low. We've got a long way to go but certainly I’m really encouraged by the momentum we have and the support that we're building on the ground with voters, with donors. I'm pleased with where we are.”
SCARBOROUGH: “We showed earlier this week, NBC/ Wall Street Journal/Marist Polls, Iowa and New Hampshire match ups between a lot of Republicans and Democrats, you against Hillary Clinton, you're up by 14 points in the general election against Hillary Clinton. I think you're up by 8 in New Hampshire. We also showed a lot of polls in the primary as well and I guess the question is while Democrats do we find you as Mika has said, horrifying.”
BRZEZINSKI: “No, terrifying.”
SCARBOROUGH: “Terrifying. Mika has said the Democrats find you terrifying. The question is how do you get to the general election, how do you get past Donald Trump, Ben Carson and the others ahead of you right now, ahead of you in a lot of states?”
FIORINA: “Well, first I think we keep doing what we've been doing. You know, we started this race with very little name recognition. We started this race with most pundits saying it was impossible. We started this race not even registering and here we are in the top tier. I think what that demonstrates is that as people get to know me and hear me and understand who I am, what I've done and most importantly what I will do, they tend to support me. So we're going to keep doing what we have been doing which is spend a lot of time on the ground with voters in these key states and spend a lot of time making sure we take advantage of every opportunity to demonstrate who I am and what I can do, whether it's a debate or other opportunities and I think what you're seeing is the race is starting to settle out and some people perhaps have already peaked.”
