McCain seeks to make leap from maverick to manager
For the past several months, Government Executive's Elizabeth Newell has combed through John McCain's speeches, talked to his advisers and interviewed experienced observers of the federal management scene, all in an effort to come up with a composite picture of what this maverick senator might look like as the nation's chief executive.
Her profile of McCain appears in the September issue of the magazine. In it, she notes that McCain's reputation as a reformer in the Senate is well-established, and on the campaign trail he has outlined some bold goals for government. For example, he has said repeatedly that, if elected president, he would freeze discretionary spending until the administration performed "top-to-bottom reviews of all federal programs to weed out failing ones."
COMMENTS
- Obama: about the same amount of experience as Lincoln, and FAR less experience than Rumsfeld, Cheney, & Nixon. I rest my case. another Fed Guy Posted September 5, 2008 9:35 AM
- Since when does being a Mayor of a podunk town and less that two years as Gov. of a state with pop. less than Memphis, TN qualify someone for VP? And she was a member of Alaska's seccesionist party, to boot. Alaska first, USA second? Rick Posted September 4, 2008 10:24 AM
- Obama has been in office for more than 140-ish days. He was elected in 2004 and took office in January, 2005. More than 142 days. Anonymous Posted September 3, 2008 8:59 AM
