Fiorina's Impressive Victory

If Washington analysis would be any indication, Carly Fiorina was once hardly an afterthought in the Republican Senate primary in California. But the experts turned out to be wrong.

Her main opponent, former-Rep. Tom Campbell, had huge advantages that many thought the non-politician wouldn’t be able to overcome. Campbell boasted large name recognition among Republican voters, having run for statewide elections twice before, and he had served nearly a decade in Washington. And from a policy perspective, Campbell promised a more “moderate” agenda, which supposedly gave him widespread appeal among voters in California.