2010: The Distinguished Gentlelady from H-P?

Another Texan is running for the U.S. Senate -- but in an actual race, not a hypothetical one that depends on dominoes falling, and not in Texas. Austin native Carly Fiorina, the ousted CEO of Hewlett-Packard and a chastened adviser to John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, made formal today her plans to seek the Republican nomination for the California Senate seat now held by Barbara Boxer. First she'll have to get past a primary opponent: conservative state assemblyman Chuck DeVore, whose campaign is trying to Dede Scozzafava Fiorina out of the race. We'll see whether the last night's results in New York's CD-23 occasion a shift in GOP strategy.