I read something that said that when asked about her favorite authors, Abrams said Ayn Rand (architect of neoliberalism) and Orson Scott Card (openly racist science fiction writer). Whatever someone’s managerial talent, I require them to have a coherent intellectual foundation (i.e., not be some sort of a kook). Politics and government is not the same as running a business, after all. So if true, I find these answers to be disqualifying.