[Huck]

On the one hand, I agree that a total lack of actual political experience is less than desirable. It'd be nice if he had won statewide office before, preferably as an executive.

On the other hand, if people think that corporations are streamlined profit-generators, totally devoid of politics, turf battles, fraud, and waste, they've got another thing coming.

I've worked for Fortune 100 companies, spending a decent amount of time with the C level executives and their minions, and my takeaway was that corporations are run as inefficiently as government, and for the same reasons.

So maybe he does have some political experience. His 9-9-9 plan is a complete turkey though. A conservative wants to add a sales tax to the federal menu, without eliminating the income tax? He needs to shut the hell up about that. DUMB.

[jdsteel]

I agree with you that Hermans experience in business and at the Fed give him plenty of the skills the author says he lacks. Additionally, he may not have the attitude that the right legislation can fix any problem.