With the kickoff of the political season playoffs, executives are choosing sides on which party ticket to support, emotionally and financially.
What we hear from our clients is that neither candidate for President is ideal. Different folks have different reasons for their lack of enthusiasm. All realize that while the election of a President is critically important, no elected leader can be expected to solve all of the challenges that we face.
We think, given the complexities of the day and the uncertainty of the future that it makes sense for each candidate to identify, prior to the November election, key members of their proposed administration who they will bring forward to the nominating process once elected. In that way, the voting public will know who will be in charge of critical posts such as Secretaries of State, Treasury, Energy, HHS, Interior etc. assuming the candidate is elected and their nominees for the secretarial posts are confirmed.
Isn’t this the process that public companies in Corporate America follow when the nominating committee of the board of directors proposes individuals for shareholder consideration prior to each candidate’s election? As a shareholder, you have a right to full transparency to view and consider each individual on the board that represents you.
Shouldn’t we expect the same from our political parties and their candidates for President?