The first question outta the chute at last night's presidential debate had to do with the candidates' selection of Hank Paulson's successor at Treasury and McSame's choice was stellar - Meg Whitman, late of eBay, now Co-Chair of the his campaign! 

When Meg joined eBay as CEO, it was a dinky auction site with 30 employees and $4 million in annual revenues.  By the time she left, the company had 15,000 employees and was worth roughly $39 billion.

Let's don't talk golden parachutes!  Let's don't talk about her faulty management decisions or the numerous user boycotts that occurred on her watch!  Let's don't talk about what she left behind!  Let's don't talk about eBay's third-quarter revenues being soft!  Let's don't talk about Ebay stock price falling 11 percent today or that eBay shares have lost roughly half of their value this year.

Let's don't even talk about today's announcement that eBay intends to lay off 1600 employees!

Let's talk about Meg's qualifications to oversee the U.S. Treasury! 

Meg's experience doesn't exactly mirror Hank Paulson's at Goldman Sachs, yet, if Warren Buffet decided to pick up eBay, the fit would be close enough for most Republicans.

Lessee - McSame said he's looking for someone who'd "inspire trust and confidence." 

Meg'll do, I guess, but I really think her greatest qualification is that her name isn't Phil Gramm!

S'pose McSame was just wingin' it to keep secret the name of his shoo-in first choice?  

If so, what's that do to your TRUST and CONFIDENCE in John McSame?