Comments on: McCain & Welch have ‘guts.’ Clinton is a Gerstner! Who is Obama? http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/mccain-welch-have-guts-clinton-is-a-gerstner-who-is-obama-2/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: J. Garlington http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/mccain-welch-have-guts-clinton-is-a-gerstner-who-is-obama-2/#comment-875455 J. Garlington Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:16:00 +0000 http://foundread.com/2008/01/11/mccain-welch-have-guts-clinton-is-a-gerstner-who-is-obama/#comment-875455 <p>Best feedback so far: "On Obama, I'd let go of race as a key identifier. He's more the super-presentable young optimist. A Young Presidents Organization (YPO) kind of guy. Marc Andreessen, the Netscape founder gets close."</p> <p>And for the record, Bloomberg isn't a candidate yet. At least he wasn't at the time of the original pairing.</p> <p>New Yorkers may love him, and it's hard not to based on what he's done following his predecessor.</p> <p>Image-wise, though, it's another story. Think Mr. Burns from the Simpsons for lack of a better "more serious business" CEO pairing.</p> Best feedback so far: “On Obama, I’d let go of race as a key identifier. He’s more the super-presentable young optimist. A Young Presidents Organization (YPO) kind of guy. Marc Andreessen, the Netscape founder gets close.”

And for the record, Bloomberg isn’t a candidate yet. At least he wasn’t at the time of the original pairing.

New Yorkers may love him, and it’s hard not to based on what he’s done following his predecessor.

Image-wise, though, it’s another story. Think Mr. Burns from the Simpsons for lack of a better “more serious business” CEO pairing.

]]> By: sphere http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/mccain-welch-have-guts-clinton-is-a-gerstner-who-is-obama-2/#comment-875454 sphere Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:13:03 +0000 http://foundread.com/2008/01/11/mccain-welch-have-guts-clinton-is-a-gerstner-who-is-obama/#comment-875454 <p>Steve Jobs!</p> Steve Jobs!

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