Is Obama a lousy CEO?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/us/po ... dy/Cgzx/ew

....................."But even those loyal to Mr. Obama say that his quest for excellence can bleed into cockiness and that he tends to overestimate his capabilities. The cloistered nature of the White House amplifies those tendencies, said Matthew Dowd, a former adviser to President George W. Bush, adding that the same thing happened to his former boss. “There’s a reinforcing quality,” he said, a tendency for presidents to think, I’m the best at this.

And though Mr. Obama craves high grades from the electorate and from history, he is in a virtual dead heat with Mr. Romney in national polls, the political equivalent of school progress reports.

For someone dealing with the world’s weightiest matters, Mr. Obama spends surprising energy perfecting even less consequential pursuits."......................

Don't know, he was not elected to be a CEO.

Nor do I want one for the U.S.

I voted for a President, who represents the people, who stands for the might of our country, not a businessman trying to maximize the profits for a few.

Blazer Bob wrote: www.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/us/politics/o...gJyIUa3P4Rdy/Cgzx/ew

....................."But even those loyal to Mr. Obama say that his quest for excellence can bleed into cockiness and that he tends to overestimate his capabilities. The cloistered nature of the White House amplifies those tendencies, said Matthew Dowd, a former adviser to President George W. Bush, adding that the same thing happened to his former boss. “There’s a reinforcing quality,” he said, a tendency for presidents to think, I’m the best at this.

And though Mr. Obama craves high grades from the electorate and from history, he is in a virtual dead heat with Mr. Romney in national polls, the political equivalent of school progress reports.

For someone dealing with the world’s weightiest matters, Mr. Obama spends surprising energy perfecting even less consequential pursuits."......................

Bob, are you asking a rhetorical question?

Something the Dog Said wrote: Don't know, he was not elected to be a CEO.

Point well made... from the same NYT article...

“I think that I’m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters,” Mr. Obama told Patrick Gaspard, his political director, at the start of the 2008 campaign, according to The New Yorker. “I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I’ll tell you right now that I’m going to think I’m a better political director than my political director.”

Though he never ran a large organization before becoming president, he initially dismissed internal concerns about management and ended up with a factionalized White House and a fuzzier decision-making process than many top aides wanted.

That's what you got.

otisptoadwater wrote:

Blazer Bob wrote: www.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/us/politics/o...gJyIUa3P4Rdy/Cgzx/ew

....................."But even those loyal to Mr. Obama say that his quest for excellence can bleed into cockiness and that he tends to overestimate his capabilities. The cloistered nature of the White House amplifies those tendencies, said Matthew Dowd, a former adviser to President George W. Bush, adding that the same thing happened to his former boss. “There’s a reinforcing quality,” he said, a tendency for presidents to think, I’m the best at this.

And though Mr. Obama craves high grades from the electorate and from history, he is in a virtual dead heat with Mr. Romney in national polls, the political equivalent of school progress reports.

For someone dealing with the world’s weightiest matters, Mr. Obama spends surprising energy perfecting even less consequential pursuits."......................

Bob, are you asking a rhetorical question?

Not for undecideds and the left, although it seems the left does not know what CEO means.

yes

Is Obama a lousy Chief Executive Officer? Yes. Look at the trillions of debt he has racked up and he has nothing to show for it. Give him 4 more years? Not a chance.

He doesn't play golf to well either.