Fiorina talks business with VICA

All business in style and substance, U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina came to the San Fernando Valley on Tuesday and said cuts in taxes and regulations can "restore California to the land of opportunity within the land of opportunity." Kevin Modesti in the Daily News.

Fiorina, one of three prominent Republicans vying to challenge Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, pitched herself to a luncheon audience of 100 members of the Valley Industry and Commerce Association as a self-made star of the business world who wants to bring her experience to Washington.

"I think too many politicians either never knew what the real world is like or have forgotten what the real world is like," said Fiorina, the former chairwoman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard. "I think we need a little more practical problem-solving (in Congress) and a little less back-room deal-making."