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Key Romney backer says McCain was better primary choice
MIAMI -- Former eBay executive Meg Whitman, who served as one of Mitt Romney's top business advisers and fundraisers before taking on a similar role with John McCain, acknowledged today that her first choice in this year's Republican primaries might not have been the best one for the party.
"John McCain was the best possible candidate the Republicans could have nominated, and I started out with Mitt Romney," said Whitman, like Romney a veteran of Bain Capital now considering her own run for governor in California, said today as part of a panel discussion at the Republican Governors Association.
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I don't agree Mccain was the best candidate but he won the Primaries and that's the difference.If we are talking about leadership I say Mccain is an average candidate but not in the satisfactory or the excellent category.I still think Mitt Romney is the best candidate for President in terms of leadership and experiences because he's been well educated and spent his life managing,directing and executing decisions in public,in businesses and in government.And don't get me wrong there are many like Romney in the Republican Party for example Governor Jindal of Lousiana,Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, Sarah Palin,Thomson,Huckabee,Giuliani and the host of qualified Republicans but t the fact Romney was in charge in running the Salt Lake City Olympic right after the 9/11 attack that requires an enormous task of preparation and putting together a security plan for all people at home and from abroad put him ahead in my list.No offense to the rest of the candidates that ran in the Primaries for the GOP ticket but if compared all of them Mitt Romney really convince me.Leadership for whatever task requires hard work and years of training and preparation because when the moment of truth in making the right decision arrives you can rest assure it's in good hands without host of problems arise. I don't believe people that never ran anything will automatically become an ecellent leader and President because everything in this God given world of ours is base on proper training and lifelong experiences to handle specific tasks and challenge.