Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina joins Republican presidential fray

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is running for President, and judging by her own website and her brief history in politics, her time at the computer maker will play a major role in that bid.

Fiorina announced the news on her Twitter account and on ABC's "Good Morning America" on May 4th. In a video posted to her Twitter account, she said that she's seeking the Republican nomination for President because she believes the US "is at a pivotal point." She is notable in part for being the first (and perhaps only) former technology executive to enter the 2016 race for the White House. She joins a growing number of Republican candidates, including Sens Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rand Paul (R-KY) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), all vying first for the party's nomination and eventually to compete against the Democratic nominee, widely expected at this early date to be former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. On her "Carly for President" website, Fiorina takes a dig at Clinton, saying "Our founders never intended us to have a professional political class. ... We know that the only way to reimagine our government is to reimagine who is leading it." In 2010, Fiorina, who has never held elective office, ran for a US Senate seat in California against incumbent Sen Barbara Boxer (D-CA). After a bitter fight that saw Fiorina's tenure at HP heavily criticized by Sen Boxer, the former CEO won just 42 percent of the vote.