First, there was the now-infamous "Demon Sheep" ad. 

The spot accused Fiorina's GOP challenger - former Rep. Tom Campbell - of masquerading as fiscal conservative while supporting various tax hikes, and compared him to a red-eyed, demonic wolf in sheep's clothing. 

Though critics roundly panned the ad (Los Angeles Times' Cathleen Decker complained the ad symbolizes how  much candidates have lost sight of voters' concerns), the Fiorina campaign promised more of the same. In fact, Fiorina's head mouthpiece, Julie Soderlund, said the campaign plans to release videos or ads "even more shocking than Demon Sheep."

But this week, Fiorina found herself forced to defend her own fluctuating views on taxes, particularly with respect to taxing goods bought online.

While Fiorina's ad called Campbell out for supporting a tax on the Internet, Fiorina herself supported taxing Web sales during her tenure as CEO of Hewlett Packard. With Fiorina's direction, the company joined forces with Taxware International to develop an online tax collection system. 

The companies tested the system in 2001 in Kansas, Michigan, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. 

As if the Demon Sheep debacle wasn't enough, Fiorina showed her stunning lack of the law when she told the Riverside Press Enterprise that California should consider declaring bankruptcy as a solution to the state's fiscal crisis. 

That would be fine, except federal law blocks states from doing so.

She later backtracked on her statement during an appearance in Colton, calling the fact that California can't declare bankruptcy a "technicality."

Bracing for the June primary, where she'll square off with Campbell and Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, R-Irvine, Fiorina has begun hitting the campaign trail hard. 

On Wednesday, the candidate held a press conference at a Rocklin plant that manufactures energy-efficient doors and windows. There, she talked up the importance of "green job" growth, and cutting taxes. She spoke at the Fairbank's Women's Republican Club in San Diego Tuesday, pledging to focus on business and jobs. 

And last week, Fiorina made her way up to Pleasonton to woo business leaders.

The San Jose Mercury News reported Fiorina promised to find a way to circumvent the Endangered Species Act to alleviate California's water shortage, oppose the cap-and-trade greenhouse-gas reduction system and healthcare reform, and secure the state's borders while reforming the state's work-visa program.