you've done in your life. back in the old days, remember mitt romney got hit hard on this. people look to your actual track record. this woman had a messy departure from hp and now you find out she laid off tons of people. that's a hard thing to get past to people who have to vote for you. two things, one, the situation is slightly unique in california in that will fiorina's resume is not the resume you want to be running on in this election. barbara boxer did a good job making clear what that is. removed as hp executive, took a big golden parachute, et cetera, et cetera. number two, what you saw in those two clips is fascinating. first clip carly fiorina basically referendum. this is a referendum on barbara boxer, she's been in washington too long. boxer comes back and says, this is a choice between what i've done and what carly fiorina is done. that broadly is the two arguments that the parties are making, democrats trying to make it into a choice, republicans trying to make it into a referendum. >> here's the choice.