It’s no coincidence that CEOs prefer the candidate who they believe is most capable of bringing the U.S. economy back up to speed. When asked to rate a candidates’ ability to turn around our economy (upon coming President) on a scale of 1 to 10, more than 82 percent of CEOs gave Mitt Romney a score of 6 or higher, 6 being ‘good.’ Romney’s average overall score was a 6.99 out of 10. The next-closest candidate is Herman Cain, with almost 66 percent giving him a ‘good’ score or better, had an overall average of 6.06 out of ten. The other Republican candidates’ average scores were as follows: * Rick Perry: 5.21 * Newt Gingrich: 5.11 * John Hunstman: 4.99 * Rick Santorum: 4.53 * Ron Paul: 3.93 * Michele Bachmann: 3.29 CEOs have been consistently disappointed with the Obama administration, and one CEO even said. “The next 12 months are as uncertain as any other time. This current administration is the most anti-free market of any during my lifetime.” Many see the 2012 election as a potential catalyst for change and are waiting to see what happens next November. One CEO believes that Washington is the reason for our economic woes and not businesses, “It is not business that is the problem in this economy, it is the political uncertainty.”