Realistically , Ernie, you need a term or so in the Senate first. Could be a good career move for you. :-) BTW, Charlie Rose had a really good retrospective about Steve Jobs, all kinds of smart people who knew him, plus excerpts from past interviews where guests talked about Jobs. What impressed me is how little ( almost nothing ) that the computer biz has learned from Apple. With Apple you get ease of operation, ease of learning how to use the products, and ( so they say ) quality content which is easy to access. Compare this with almost anyone else and it is Apple by 10 furlongs. Obvious, but still no-one gets it. OK, for selected apps or software, the contest is more-or-less equal, but generally. Jobs, so the experts say, was also a great risk taker --even if his risks were all calculated. Thing is, he took risks, seldom "played it safe." Gotta be really sure of oneself to do that, and know from experience what works and what does not. Then there was how he handled failure, as when he was kicked out of Apple. All plusses, some very big plusses. + + + + + If it was just the tech-savvy and businessman side of Jobs, well, all the plaudits would be well taken. ---------------------------------------------------------------- RC candidates for prez ? Give me a little time on this. Worthwhile problem to think about. Billy ================================================= 10/10/2011 2:11:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Let's play the hypothetical game, since it is conceivable it could become real: _http://www.americanselect.org/official-documents_ (http://www.americanselect.org/official-documents) Say the Occupy Wall Street group turns into a Tea Party of the Left, complete with its own Sarah Palin-esque leaders. Say that AmericansElect gets critical mass, and manages to avoid terminal dysfunction. Say that centrists get energized and mobilized to find a way to pull this all together. What then? The more I think about it, the more I suspect we actually need a "person" not a position paper. An individual who is ideologically pragmatic and ruthlessly competent. Who has the managerial skills and political temperament to be President, but didn't have the stomach for a traditional nomination process. If we can find that person now, before the media circus, perhaps we can help influence him (or her) to take the stage. Even Draft them if necessary. But who? Billy, you're the researcher: who's smart and centrist enough to theoretically rally both sides of the populist vote? -- Ernie P. P.S. And no, before you ask, I'm not available until my daughter turns three (she turns one next month). -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: _http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism_ (http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism) Radical Centrism website and blog: _http://RadicalCentrism.org_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/) -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
