The Barack

Aug 16, 2008 20:53

Okay gang. I'm hoping that this will be the last US presidential election in which I'll be allowed to have any public opinion. So I guess I'll make my opinions public while I can.

Given my demographic, you could probably guess that I want to see Obama become the Prez. My primary concerns are international relations and the image of the presidency ( Read more... )

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Re: On the Other Hand... vroomsplat August 29 2008, 16:01:11 UTC
Next, on experience:
The importance of experience is difficult to gauge. Say you're hiring a computer programmer, and one has worked at Microsoft for twenty years and risen through the ranks there, while another has been at a small startup for the three years since he graduated. To me, that's not really enough information; I want to see if the MS dude has actually learned anything from his experience or is continuing to think that the industry is the same as it was in the late 80s; I want to know if the other candidate has been responsible for the growth of that startup into a million-dollar organization during her short time there. I've heard from people familiar with the Illinois state senate that Obama was astonishingly able to there exactly what he wants to do with the federal government: bring together two bitterly opposed parties whose mutual antagonism had rendered any action at all virtually impossible, and change the atmosphere to a much more collaborative and effective governing structure. Apparently it's not just a brand image, but an actual ability (having the most to do, probably, with intense and intensive group and one-on-one negotiations). In other words, in the "experience" battle, quality should count as much as quantity.

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