Meg Whitman, Cabinet Secretary?

She just joined McCain as a national finance co-chair. From talking to some of her associates, I know she's been considering a turn to politics.... thinking, first, about running for statewide office in California. But perhaps she'd make a fine Secretary of the Treasury in a McCain administration?

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Would a McCain admin. then but all needed government supplies through ebay?

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Posted by matt | March 14, 2008 2:09 PM

Interesting. I knew she'd endorsed Romney earlier. I've been saying for months that, if only she had some notable political and security experience or even some demonstrated political skill (not saying she doesn't, just have no evidence she does), she'd be a sweet VP pick. I'd even heard it argued that a billionaire VP might be able to bankroll the entire campaign given current campaign finance law...

Oh well... doesn't hurt to dream...

Posted by CK MacLeod | March 14, 2008 2:14 PM

Isn't it kind of fun that Meg Whitman turns to politics around the same time when her company, or soon to be former company, is going down in flames.

Why, she is facing a revolt from eBay vendors, kind of like a democracy movement, against her high handed way of doing things.

Wonder what her job would have been like if there is an OBammBamm like person leading the vendors revolt against her at eBay.

Sounds like another Carly Fiona.

Funny how CEOs who flop try for a 2nd career in Washington. Does that say something about politics or CEOs?

On this logic, why don't the eBay board name Hillbilly as CEO of eBay? She will be a rat climbing aboard a sinking ship.

Posted by D | March 14, 2008 2:55 PM

DOOOOD. Cabinet secretary? Way ahead of ourselves here, no?

Posted by Denny Crane | March 14, 2008 3:04 PM

This is absolutely the truth, please believe me:

I went to college (Princeton '77) and business school (Harvard '79) with Meg. I even helped with tutoring her in our math class in business school.

Treasury Secretary? That has to be someones idea of a joke.

Posted by stevie314159 | March 14, 2008 7:48 PM

Meg Whitman not only supported Mitt she worked directly on his campaign. Here is the email string about the annoucement:

MEMO
To: Romney California Leadership Team
From: Spencer Zwick

I hope you are all well. I wanted to share this message, below, from Meg
Whitman. Meg has been asked to serve as a National Co Chair for the
McCain campaign, and has graciously accepted. Governor Romney is, of
course, pleased that Meg has joined the Senator’s effort and confident
in her remarkable leadership abilities.

Thank you again for all that you did for Governor Romney’s campaign. The
Governor and I look forward to keeping in touch with you and seeing you
in the coming months.

Thanks,

____________________________________________________

Hi everyone,

First and foremost, thank you for your tireless dedication and support
for Governor Mitt Romney. We were part of an amazing campaign together,
and throughout the course of a year, we were blessed to make friends
that will last a lifetime.

As we look to our future, it is important that we take action to keep
our party strong in this critical point in history. Just as Governor
Romney has, I have decided to endorse Senator John McCain in order to do
my part in making sure the right person wins this election. I will serve
as a National Co Chair and hope that you will join me in this important
effort. I look forward to continuing to work together.

All the best,

Meg

Posted by sheryl | March 16, 2008 6:11 AM

I am very disappointed with Senator McCain’s association with Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman. What in the world is he thinking? Hasn’t anyone told him?

For those who may not remember or know, Fiorina was the C.E.O. of Hewlett Packard until 2005 when she was fired. Her most famous quote; No American has a God given right to a Job just because they were American. She fired tens of thousands of employees to then outsource jobs overseas. She managed to skip out of Lucent right before the Feds arrived and started the HP Boardroom investigation which connected to the scandal and the hostile culture she created at HP.

Whitman is currently embroiled in a boycott from the buyers and sellers who made eBay (a.k.a. greebay, feepay) successful. Seems like they want to have a cleansing of their members. The boycott calls for no buying or selling and the evacuating from eBay by May 1, 2008. The most recent faux pax is the conflicting story given for what many called ‘mystery auction listings’ mysteriously from the Shopping dot com site (sdc). Explanations started as a glitch in the system, changed to limited test that ran its course, changed to accident and back to a test. The SEC should love this investigation. Keep in mind, eBay’s stocks have been steadily sagging and Wall Street measures eBay based on listings. Can’t forget the current Paypal lawsuit; eBay has tied PayPal to be the only means one can buy/sell on eBay which violates the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

Fiorina and Whitman’s involvement with the Senator will surely guarantee a Democratic victory but then again both want to be the Governor of California so their motives are, usual for them, self serving.

Posted by greta | March 19, 2008 3:02 PM