2016 Presidential Elections News – Carly Fiorina Campaign Takes Hit with Unregistered Domain Name

Carly Fiorina is a long-shot to win the Republican presidential nomination.

The former Hewlett-Packard CEO is part of an overcrowded field that welcomed not one, not two, but three candidates on Monday, including retired neurosurgeon Ben Carlson and 2008 presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee.

Fiorina became the second woman to enter the race largely because of her dichotomous comparison to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton - one that carries staunch anti-abortion stance - and her groundbreaking stint as the head of a large public trade company.

In speaking with ABC News, Fiorina said she makes a viable candidate because she understands "how the economy actually works," adding "I understand executive decision-making, which is making a tough call in a tough time with high stakes."

The Republican nominee field stands at five, with half a dozen still expected to join. Fiorina need to run a mistake-free campaign to retain a glimmer of hope. Hours after announcing her candidacy, the Fiorina camp took its first hit with the revelation of an unregistered dot-org page aimed at highlighting massive layoffs she ordered during her tenure at HP.

"Carly Fiorina failed to register this domain. So I'm using it to tell you how many people she laid off at Hewlett-Packard," read a message on CarlyFiorina.org. The site then displays several frowny faces, followed by "That's 30,000 people she laid off. People with families."

The site also contains "Easter eggs." One hidden image slights Fiorina for a bizarre television ad against California Senate race opponent Ted Campbell five years ago. In the ad, a herd of sheep graze a countryside before a red-eyed "demon" sheep appears along with the narrative "a wolf in sheep's clothing."

Fiorina has never denied that there were numerous job cuts while she was CEO, especially during a 2002 merger with Compaq. In 2006, she told Information Week that she understood where the public's anger came from. The tradeoff, Fiorina said, was in making a greater contribution to business, and in staying competitive.

Fiorina is hardly the first candidate to have domain problems.

HillaryforPresident.com was snagged by a conservative dental surgeon in Florida who used it to rally against Democrats and Obamacare. Ted Cruz, who was among the first to announce his candidacy, forgot to register TedCruz.com. The website reads, "SUPPORT PRESIDENT OBAMA. IMMIGRATION REFORM NOW!"

Carlyforpresident.com and CarlyFiorina.com are the presidential hopeful's official campaign site, though there is no word on whether Fiorina will try to acquire the dot-org name.