Comments on: eBay's Whitman lands 'lead' role in McCain campaign

Republican presidential candidate taps retiring CEO Meg Whitman to be new co-chair of his campaign. She'll travel on his behalf and help with fund-raising.

[michael_o]

Typical Republican

She came in right before the IPO, hung around a long time, did virtually nothing except watch eBay prosper based on momentum laid out by founder and Democratic contributor Pierre Omidyar. Whitman's "contribution" was an ill-fitting and pointless series of acquisitions (half.com, skype) and an endless attempt to alienate the user-base. She did nothing to try to rein in the rampant fraud on ebay: the primary purpose people tune out of the site. With eBay she had it easy: it'll be interesting to see how she does managing McCain's campaign that is, putting it mildly, a challenge. Let McCain lose, then put Whitman out to pasture.

[Randys2cents]

OMG

So the "Buy Now" girl is jumping on the soapbox.
This is a great day = for the Democrats!!
Randys2Cents

[crue24]

You have to be joking, right?

She did nothing and had it easy? You've got to be kidding me.
I'm not even a huge fan of hers, but have you been keeping tabs
on the tech industry for the last 10 years since she started with
ebay? eBay is still a major player, the go to place for selling
used and new goods which entire businesses have been created
around. She got the company through the .com bubble burst
and kept them a major player....but somehow the CEO had
NOTHING to do with that? You are clearly a technophile with no
business knowledge or simply talk without thinking. Plenty of
companies with great technology ideas have turned to ashes
because of poor business management, so you can't say that
ebay was just such a wonderful company that it succeeded
regardless. With poor management some other company would
have quickly stepped in and reduced them to nothing or at least
taken the lead. Sure she overpaid for Skype and I don't
personally see how Skype's business meshes with ebay all that
well, but regardless, she didn't just keep the company alive
through the boom, she kept them THE player in online auctions.
Your ridiculous to say that her contribution was null. Or you just
hate her because she's Republican? That would be pretty stupid
as well. Political affiliation has nothing to do with management
skills.

[sal-magnone]

(Many) Dems don't (won't) understand ..

.. that people who make it deserve it.

They have to believe that every CEO, billioniare, and Republican inherited their money, won the lottery, robbed a bank, or abused a factory of developing world employees. Otherwise what's their excuse?

[Galaxy5]

Just another rich Republican trying to save their tax cuts

Just like Carly Fiorina, another McCain backer - Meg wants to make
sure the Bush tax cuts stay in place so that she doesn't have to pay
her fair share of taxes.

After all, how else could the Whitmans become "old money"?

[sal-magnone]

Maybe they made it

What's your excuse for not being loaded? Wait, let me guess, "you didn't want to step on anyone."

If you make it, it's yours.

[libertyforall1776]

McWar, you mean

So tired of the warmongers...

McCain is NOT a natural born citizen (he is a naturalized citizen),
and not eligible to be President...

Go Ron Paul
http://ronpaul2008.com

[sal-magnone]

Sideshow Ron?

Is he still "running"?

Mr. American can't win a war, can't go to Mars, can't go back to the Moon, can't be great?

Maybe he can hook up with Naeder?