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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dale Baker who wrote (28984)	8/29/2008 3:50:52 PM
From: brushwud	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Obama's executive experience - CEO and chief spokesman for a presidential campaign that has raised and effectively spent hundreds of millions of dollar in a nationwide presidential campaign, including a major foreign trip under intense press scrutiny 24/7. Took on and defeated one of the most formidable political organizations ever assembled in Washington, full of veteran national political players. Result - became the first ever African-American nominee for president, winning the nomination and making history at the same time. I'll grant you all that. But then the argument about executive experience becomes sort of tautological: Candidate X got elected against long odds, therefore Candidate X can execute.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (28984)	8/29/2008 3:51:43 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

And he continues to display those qualities with the choice of his running mate. The criteria that he set, and how he set aside every other consideration and made his choice. If he wanted a "yes" man he could have chosen his "early" endorsers such as Richardson, Dodd etc. Or he could have chosen someone who could could pull in votes from a certain ideological bloc of voters. But instead he chose someone who only worked in Washington but did not rub noses with lobbyists at evening parties etc. He chose someone who like him, still retain the common touch. And most importantly he chose Biden, who could look someone in the eye and tell them what they are to their face. And it is that decision making process that is key to deciding on who should be the CEO.