Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina indicated a 90% certainty that she will run for the Republican presidential nomination. Her platform focuses on her experience as a business executive, advocating for zero-based budgeting and pay-for-performance in the civil service. Fiorina criticized "crony capitalism" and the "vast unaccountable bureaucracy" in Washington, arguing that the destruction of small businesses is a fundamental structural problem in the U.S. economy.

