Political Mondays

Well, after watching the debate between republican candidates last night, I've decided it is going to be one LONG year of politics and bashing.

You know, in our business, one of the first things you learn before going out on an interview is to never, never talk bad about a previous boss. You also don't talk negatively about your colleagues, former or present. Wouldn't it be nice if that was the policy in politics as well. It sure would save a lot of time and make those one minute sound bites richer in content. Whoops! Maybe that is the problem. Content. Actual Answers versus mud slinging. Actually real mud-slinging would have been far more entertaining last night--all those guys in suits in a ring of mud going at each other, fair and square. Get it out of their system in one fell swoop and let the winners try a content based debate next month--and if they don't stick to the subjects asked, they forfeit their turn and have to sit in a dunking booth and let folks from the audience try their hand with water balloons. Ok. I'm dreaming now, but re-training these guys to stay on track is going to require some out of the box thinking.

Bottom line, is if any of this year's presidential want to be candidates were interviewing for a corporate job, they would have to try a different approach than bashing each other and circling around the questions. Perhaps I should send them all our interview prep book and highlight "the good manners" section.