It seems natural to judge a political candidate by her previous work performance, which is precisely why my eyes are on the California Senate race. Former HP CEO Carley Fiorina is challenging the incumbent democrat, US Senator Barbara Boxer, to represent the financially strapped state. While the two women trade public policy barbs, HP shareholders are debating whether to dump HP stock. From my perspective, the seeds for HP’s current problems were planted from 1999-2005 during Fiorina’s tenure as CEO of HP. (Disclosure: I vote in Wisconsin. I am an independent and have voted for both parties.) Before her forced exit, Fiorina changed HP in two ways that each demanded significant internal focus. First, she reorganized the company, a reorganization that Mark Hurd who followed Fiorina spent time dismantling, as it diffused responsibility for organic growth and delayed decisions. (Hurd’s reorganization cut out…