Political Chat At Interview Chatter - Sarah Palin For Vice President?

Before I get into my thoughts on Senator McCain’s choice for Vice President, I want to talk about the Vice Presidential job description. What does the Vice President of the United States get to do? Sarah Palin isn’t sure what the job requires, so I thought I would take a look.

Job Description courtesy of Wikipedia

The formal powers and role of the vice president are limited by the Constitution to becoming President in the event of the death or resignation of the President and acting as the presiding officer of the U.S. Senate. As President of the Senate, the Vice President has two primary duties: to cast a vote in the event of a Senate deadlock and to preside over and certify the official vote count of the U.S. Electoral College. For example, in the first half of 2001, the Senators were divided 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats and Dick Cheney’s tie-breaking vote gave the Republicans the Senate majority.

Readiness to run the country?

Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska is 44 years old. Her political career in Alaska began in the PTA and she stair stepped her way into the Governor’s mansion. That is pretty impressive to me. Given her range of experience in Alaska as Mayor (2-terms) and Governor she certainly has some skills and abilities to run this country. The national issues we face, the national stage, dealing with the media scrutiny maybe the immediate concern for Sarah Palin.

One of the more valid questions I continue to hear concerning Sarah Palin, is her readiness to run this country should something happen to Senator McCain. That is a valid question, and as “hiring managers”, voters, I believe it is a question to consider before casting your vote for this ticket.

Should a Novice run this country?

Here is another question for you to consider before November 4th. Should a novice run this great country? In a word “NO”. That is one of my concerns with Obama, but I am equally concerned about Sarah Palin. She is a novice as well. Why would we allow a beginner to run this country? I don’t care which party ticket you are considering. Convince me that a novice should be running this country. If you work for a fairly large company and your HR department just hired a brand new entry level employee. Someone with maybe two years experience in your industry. The CEO dies, and you decide that the new employee with two years experience is the best candidate to take the helm at your company as the new CEO. Who does that? Really? Maybe a start-up company that is begun by a novice (See the story of Facebook). But American Express, AT&T, Wells Fargo Bank, GE, NBC, CBS, - you get my drift - these companies are not going looking within their ranks for the least experienced person to take over the organization. They will do a thorough search to find the best candidate, someone with experience, vision, integrity, experience, passion, experience, - again you get my drift. Here is a question for you - Why should we/would we hire a novice to run this country? Feel free to scroll down and leave a comment, I looking for someone to convince me that I should vote for either of these presidential tickets. Your thoughts and opinions are welcome!

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