You make good points about those good CEOs. But, as a rule, hiring CEOs with no experience in the core business of the company leads to trouble in the long run. The auto companies have historically done better with CEOs who were “car guys.” But I am sure you can pull a hundred examples of good CEOs that were strangers to their company’s field. Carly Fiorina, for example.
My main point from the start is, as great a candidate as Herman Cain is, he won’t be elected because he’s never held any office, never had to campaign, nor persuade anybody to vote for him, He hasn’t demonstrated that necessary skill set. Don’t shoot the messenger.
In a way, you are making a point for me. The business of America is business, and the CEO of America should be a business man. Our problem is that we are hiring professional politicians and lawyers and professors to be our country’s CEO or our country’s board of directors (congress etc) and thus a professional politician is exactly NOT familiar with the “core business” of the country.
I think this is a huge paradigm that most voters have missed for decades, and I think some are now waking up to that entire paradigm whiff that we have collectively made.
Now, it’s real easy to predict Cain won’t be elected because mathematically the numbers are on your side. One reason is a lot of folks will continue to think inside the box - which of course may become a self fulfilling prophecy.
As to whether he’s demonstrated the necessary skill set - the jury is still out on that. That’s what a campaign is for. He likely will get a chance to demonstrate a new skill: how to handle being top tier.
I am not shooting the messenger, but I will shoot holes through the message where I see them.