If one was to look at the tale of two crises and how our respective candidates reacted to them, the difference between them becomes clear.<\/p>\n
In the Georgia\/Russia scuffles, McCain immediately reacted speaking out against Russia’s aggression. Obama, in brief, did and said nothing of any note for quite some time, until the dust mostly settled and then … asked for a UN security resolution against the act (somehow overlooking the fact that any resolution would have to pass a Russian Federation veto).<\/p>\n
In the current AIG\/Merril\/Banking crises, Mr McCain has asked for the retirement of the SEC head. He has suggested some regulatory mechanisms which he thinks might be helpful, and pointed out that he was warning about a upcoming crises of this sort for some time. Mr Obama has criticised everyone else, but has not actually suggested anything … yet. Like the above, it would be my bet that when a (liberal) consensus of “what to do” has arisen in his camp, he will put forward a relatively useless and vanilla proposal.<\/p>\n
Mr Obama, I suggest, is not a leader<\/em>. He may someday grow to be one after all he is young an inexperienced and has much learning and growth in the poitical process yet ahead of him. But he has not (ever?) demonstrated any leadership qualities. He may be able divise and find a consensus in within a party which has substantial agreement on the basics. But he has not demonstrated he can take the risks and gambles necessary to lead.<\/p>\n Mr McCain is a more instinctive leader, he may lead you astray sometimes, he may not. But he will lead<\/em>. And that is an important quality in a leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If one was to look at the tale of two crises and how our respective candidates reacted to them, the difference between them becomes clear. In the Georgia\/Russia scuffles, McCain immediately reacted speaking out against Russia’s aggression. Obama, in brief, did and said nothing of any note for quite some time, until the dust mostly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,58,26,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-democrats","category-marko","category-politics","category-republicans"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t