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Originally Posted by Pooka
Remember when Ross Perot ran for President? His followers were all for him since he had real business experience and no political experience. Even he later admitted that would never work.
There is a world of difference between telling people 'Do as I say or you are fired' and 'We need to work together on this.'
Perot would have made a great Sec. of Commerce, but in todays world if you lack political savy you will accomplish little as an elected offical.
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Problem is that all we want to elect are people with political savvy. We will only "hire" those that can tell us to go to hell and have us looking forward to the trip. As such that is what we get. Even if Perot had made a Sec of Commerce, what would the point be? He'd still be over ridden by the guy up top with political savvy for political reasons. So what is the point there? Even if Obama filled his cabinet with 100% business people, they'd never get the job done because politics will override them all day long. As such, you can debate whether Obama has 8% of people that are business people or not. You might even be right but so what? Obama will still have to do the political thing and the correct action will either be ignored or whittled down to the point of meaninglessness.