Carly Fiorina on Koch Brothers Donor Short List as Odds Shorten

Republican Presidential candidate and former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina may soon be getting a financial boost from GOP mega donors, the Koch Brothers.

It comes at a time when Fiorina’s odds of becoming the Republican nominee shortened to 8-1 last week following another impressive debate performance.  They have remained pat since that time while her poll numbers hover just under 10 percent.

The Guardian Newspaper writes:

Fiorina’s show-stealing performance in the second Republican presidential debate last month, and her subsequent surge in the polls, has prompted industrialists Charles and David Koch to take a “serious look” at the former Hewlett-Packard chief executive, according to three sources close to the brothers.

She has now moved to the short list of candidates the Kochs may support with their reported $1bn war chest, the sources said, adding that Florida senator Marco Rubio is among those on the coveted list.

A spokesman for the Kochs declined to comment.

- Gilbert Horowitz, Gambling911.com