Where Are The Obama Small Businss Advisors?
Dec 15th, 2008 | By Dawn R. Rivers | Category: Politics & PolicyThe small business natives are getting restless. After almost two years of patiently waiting, the nation’s small businesses had their reward (in a manner of speaking) when they become a central focus in the campaign between John McCain and Barack Obama for the world’s most over-rated job. Thanks to the fortuitous appearance of Joe the Faux Plumber, both the media and the candidates turned the tail end of the campaign into a fierce battle for the so-called small business vote.
On November 5th, the toe-tapping began. As President-elect Obama trots out a new set of high-profile nominees for his Administration and Cabinet pretty much every week, small business advocates are waiting for some sort of signal that might establish his concern for small businesses as something more than lip service. To a degree, all of this is very unfair, since Obama has not even been sworn in yet. On the other hand, small business advocates have grimly noted that Mr. Obama does not seem to have anyone on his team that either speaks for small businesses or has any experience or knowledge of that part of the economy. So, will he put up or has he shut up? Sources close to the transition tell me we can expect an SBA Administrator nominee to happen before Inauguration Day. Perhaps we’ll find out then.
