Ms. Fiorina comments about Sen. Boxer: "God, what is that hair? Soooooooo yesterday."

From The New York Times:

Carly Fiorina, the Republican nominee for the Senate seat held by Barbara Boxer, the California Democrat, was caught mocking Ms. Boxer’s hair into an open microphone on Wednesday. She also had a few tough words about the newly minted Republican candidate for governor . . . Meg Whitman.

Ms. Fiorina’s comments . . . both inform and confirm the image from her days as chief executive at Hewlett-Packard that she is tart and unpleasant.

Even in the age of uncivil talk-show discourse and vicious campaign advertisements . . . physical appearance, especially hair, is a place most candidates and their staff are careful not to go.

“If you are dissing their hair, you are dissing their personality and their lifestyle,” said Billy Lowe, a celebrity stylist who owns a hair salon in Los Angeles. “It is probably the one thing a woman spends most of her time on every day. It’s always on their minds. Your hair is your personality.”