Sure he's a smart guy no doubt, but how stupid would it sound if the CEO of Toyota said the same thing? What if the Secretary of Defense had a plan to moderniz

Sure he's a smart guy no doubt, but how stupid would it sound if the CEO of Toyota said the same thing? What if the Secretary of Defense had a plan to modernize our railroads? Or if Steve Jobs had a revolutionary plan to save the airline industry? I'm merely sounding a cautionary note here. Are we listening to Schmidt b/c he's the best man to listen to, or because he works for a very popular company? If he has "the Chief of Staff's ear on this," should we be concerned or happy? If he is to serve some un-official advisory role to the government shouldn't he be advising about software, hardware and networks? To be sure he has experience w/ energy issues in running google but this hardly makes him the point man for overhauling our energy infrastructure.