Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog

the chickens are going home to roost,as we can see with the economy deeep problems and no bailout is going to work,so asumably,you gona have more of the same and possibly worse crises
specially, militerely in Latin America,Middle East,Gerorgia,and definitly
Pakistan.that's the only solution for the Government to alvert the tention from domestic problems. will it leave the US Government Bankrupt? the short answer is; the path we are headed ,yes.how long,and when the people come to stop it only a true stradygist knows.

Crisis managers are not my cup of tea! Even less crisis Presidents!

Good leaders are “calm, cautious, and calculating” in preparation and identification/anticipation of events and conditions that will/may/do require/allow action/inaction. They will provide this action/inaction as quickly and as steadfastly as is required to be effective. We are all still trying to judge whether in general (and in political) intelligence character and motivation, it is Obama or McCain who is better suited to be (and become) this kind of leader in the presidency. Let’s try to be calm, cautious, and calculating in reaching this judgment.

The "crisis" is an objective reality. If neither of these two were running for president, people would be calling it a crisis.

Neither candidate has distinguished himself, from what I can see.

That is an interesting take, except the word crisis is media driven, not white house driven. Expecting Obama or McCain to change the TV and newspaper driven tone might be expecting too much. Crisis makes money.

That would be somewhat saying that one is obsessing over tactics, and the other is committed to strategy. clearly leaders of different scales.

8 years of too much tactics, and almost no strategy. Personally i cant take it anymore, beyond finding it offensive and irresponsible , i am just damn tired of it.

It appears that the challenge for each candidate is moving from a vertical short-term world view where the media and the political parties reside to a horizontal long-term world view that awards the prudent/calm and planning/cautious style. It will be interesting to see what strategy the candidates favor if the debate comes off tonight.

So...in your analysis of McCain and Obama,
Is it fair to say we have a choice between Kirk and Spock here?...and who is Bones?
Sue
ps..had to throw in some humour here

McCain doesn't appear to be in good physical or mental health.