https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/08/if-he-was-a-turn-around-artist-he-would-be-president-elect-right-now/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:28:21 -0400<![CDATA[There was, to my mind, only one qualitative argument generally made in favor of Romney: that his management experience made him uniquely qualified to be president. He was a “turn-around artist.” A “genius CEO.” Now even the claim that his private-sector ability to master organizations and rescue them was a variation on process. And it always struck me as a little dubious. For one thing, it’s not immediately clear how the skill set of the private-sector executive transfers to the job of managing the executive branch of the U.S. government. CEOs say jump and everyone around them says how high. The president says jump and half of Congress tries to countermand the order while getting him fired and the other branch of government gets to decide whether jumping is even theoretically allowed.]]>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 08:50:23 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/08/if-he-was-a-turn-around-artist-he-would-be-president-elect-right-now-n97288