Leadership & Personality - let's replay Iraq

[Ma'ake]

Subliminal cues on approach & personality

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g...4oP0gD93F50V00

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...d=opinionsbox1

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...d=opinionsbox1

The last week offers valuable insight into personality & leadership styles.

McCain implusively suspends his campaign, rushes back to Washington to forge consensus on the bailout, then leaving that job undone, (evidently) resumes the campaign & does the debate.

Obama was more cautious, considered, saying a President needs to focus on more than one thing.

Obama is reflective, willing to acknowledge merit from others, even his opponent. McCain couldn't even look at Obama, apparently unable to note any good.

McCain - aggressive, risk taker

Obama - thoughtful, more measured

Let's replay the run-up to Iraq:

Which candidate would have been more likely to let Hans Blix' efforts to play out? Which candidate would have been more likely to essentially repeat what happened in terms of making the decision to go to war?

Which approach should have been followed?

If you believe the Iraq war was no mistake and that given the same circumstances, we would & should to the same thing, by all means, McCain is your man.

If you believe we made big mistakes in the runup to the war, that the emotion led to an enormous blunder, maybe you'd agree that we need a more measured, thoughtful leader.