Why do Obama proponents continue to comapre Obama to Palin? I never asked for a comparison of Obama and Palin, merely if you considered Palin to have executive experience. I was just curious as most Obama supporters I have talked to discount the fact that she is indeed a governor.
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Scott wrote: > > So, would you agree Palin has 'executive experience'? > > > > I'll define it at a high-level and then do a quickie comparative analysis: > > "Executive" meaning to execute. At a high level this usually means > managing a P&L; managing an organization with strategy, tactics, and > operations; and a "front office" which I'll differentiate from ops. > > Obama > ------------ > 1996-2004 Obama, in addition to his charity leadership work, has > managed 3 major campaigns to success for the State Senate. This would > be equivalent to managing small businesses. In 2000 he managed a > failed run to Congress, in 2003 he managed a successful run to the > Senate, and in 2007 began managing a 1/2 billion dollar organization > to run for President. > > Palin > ------------- > 1996-2002 Palin successfully ran for mayor of Wasilla. She had an > unsuccessful run for Lt. Gov in 2002, and a successful run for Gov. in > 2006. > > ANALYSIS > ------------------ > Obama and Palin compare nicely as their executive experience is mirrored: > > (1.) Early career. Obama managed the larger P&L and the larger front > office by 2 orders of magnitude in each case. > > (2.) Mid career. Both had failed runs for higher office. We'll call that a > wash. > > (3.) Current career. Obama's state senate district was larger in both > dollars and population than Alaska. His presidential campaign, a > $500M organization, obviously exceeds in both scope and depth anything > Ms. Palin has done. > > Thus both have 15 years of executive leadership with quite a large > degree of success, however Mr. Obama's organizations have exceeded Ms. > Palin's by orders of magnitude in terms of size and complexity. > > Further there's a question of what value executive experience, or > experience in general, is to a President. > > For example, Dick Fuld was an Air Force Pilot until 1969 and then > worked his way up in a billion dollar corp to CEO in 1994 and stayed > there to 2008. His company is Lehman Bros. > > Thus my opinion of success is talent, temperament, and timing. > Experience may help you in one or more of these areas but it's not a > requirement. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:277282 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
