On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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. So campaigning counts as executive experience? Do you really think a politician calls the shots, especially when he's first running? > ANALYSIS > ------------------ > Obama and Palin compare nicely as their executive experience is mirrored: They both ran for office. Her job requiremnet as Mayor and Governor was the to call the shots, make the decisions. Obama's job was to vote present in a room with lot's of people. > (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. He's not leading anything as senator, he's a guy on a panel. > 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. She calls the shots for the State of Alaska. Which is much larger in population and $'s than his campaign. You can't compare that to Illinois because being a senator isn't executive experience. Most important, he has a campaign manager, he doesn't RUN his own presidential campaign. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:277284 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
