A few days ago, I had an opportunity to sit down for about a half hour and conduct an interview with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, a Californian, who is Co-Chairman of Senator McCain’s Presidential Campaign.
Whitman’s relatively recent arrival on the political scene has piqued the interest of many. Her success story at eBay, her net worth (rumored to be close to the billion dollar mark) and her high profile with the McCain campaign have made her quite the topic of discussion. Yet, still not much is known about Whitman’s politics.
Rather than substantially editing down the interview (which I typically do for interviews), I thought that it would be more enlightening this go-around to actually let you read the entire thing (there were some edits, but nothing major was omitted). As this is a fully transcribed interview, it runs long. Of course, our favorite part of the interview is at the very end — her kinds words about this website!
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November 3rd, 2008 at 12:00 am
My my….now we have cheerleading for budding inexperienced politicans….just can’t find a “moderate” yet who can cut it….
Ebay….gives one pause….why not interview multitudes of Americans about their business model, business practices and consumer protections both Pro and Con before trotting out an unknown similar to the Chicago wonder.
November 4th, 2008 at 12:00 am
There is not a conservative at the moment that has announced a pending campaign for governor of California.
However I would like to see Jon talking to Campbell and Poizner as well.
Id like our candidates to be pre-vetted unlike Obama.