Mitt Romney, Decision Maker?

1. Domestic Policy - Can’t Make a Decision Without a Committee -- In a meeting with Rupert Murdoch during a previous campaign, Romney said he would bring in McKinsey, (a management consulting firm), to help him set up his cabinet.

what eye thynk:   Mr. Murdoch was not impressed with the McKinsey idea; but Mitt Romney’s statement says much about his approach to government. Mr. Romney says he can run this country because he knows how to run a business and he will bring in more business types to help him with his job. But the United States is not a corporation and cannot be run like one.  Don't forget, the last CEO who became President was Herbert Hoover and we know how that turned out.

Think about the make-up of the board of directors on any corporation. For the most part, they are rich white guys who may or may not know anything about the business on whose board they serve and who most certainly are not experienced in government leadership roles. Do we really want some corporate board member making decisions on our military? Or choices about our education policies? What about transportation? Energy? Labor? Do we want an actuary serving as Secretary of Health and Human Services? And where in corporate American will we find a Secretary of State?  Sheldon Adelsen maybe?

This is not the type of domestic leadership plan I want from my President.  I am not an employee. I am a citizen and I want my President to remember that.

　
2. Foreign Policy - Can’t Make a Decision Without a Buddy -- Romney said of his friend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “We can almost speak in shorthand”. He also said he wouldn’t make any decisions about Israel without consulting his buddy. “I’d get on the phone to my friend Bibi Netanyahu and say: ‘Would it help if I say this? What would you like me to do?’”

what eye thynk: So who is going to write our Middle East foreign policy, us or Israel? Will Romney make us sub-contractors to Israel‘s desires?

While Israel certainly has the right to exist, there will never be peace in that region until Israel acknowledges that their existence does not annul the rights of all other peoples to a homeland of their own.

If we are going to maintain any credence as a world leader, the President of the United States needs to be seen as a fair and open listener to every country; one who can look on a question from the view of an outsider without prejudice.
We cannot be seen as an Israeli rubber stamp.  Leadership decisions cannot be outsourced.