WaPo: Financial Crisis Offers a Study in Leadership Styles

[Bucky]

WaPo: Financial Crisis Offers a Study in Leadership Styles

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/25/financial_crisis_offers_a_stud.html

But over the course of the past week, it's become equally clear that there is a significant difference between McCain and Obama in their leadership styles. Those differences have been on display over the past few days, especially during the chaotic and unexpected developments on Wednesday that produced Thursday's White House meeting, with McCain and Obama in attendance....

Obama has been more measured and less passionate. McCain, since declaring the fundamentals of the economy strong in his first utterance, has been increasingly outspoken.

Obama has blamed the policies and philosophy of the Republicans for allowing the innate greed of Wall Street to run amok. McCain has blamed greed and corruption itself. McCain has seen the crisis in terms of good and evil -- well, mostly evil. Obama has looked at systemic causes. McCain asked for heads to roll. Obama argued that a change in administrations is the real solution....

McCain's actions have certainly appeared more impetuous. Was it necessary to declare his campaign in suspension and recommend a postponement of Friday's debate to get the attention of the president and the negotiators? With congressional Republicans moving to oppose the package, his advisers would argue that only a forceful intervention could produce a package acceptable enough to pass.

Obama's moves have drawn less direct criticism, though McCain and the Republicans have argued that he has been unwilling to commit himself at key points over the past 10 days -- a charge Obama's advisers reject.

[seabeyond]

1. listening to young turk, he said obama a year ago talked to xsec repug

about this problem, his take on it and soltuions to the problem. obama has been talking to two repug sec and dem sec thinking this problem out. they respect him. they are gonna vote for him. maybe this has soemthing to do with this

[Barack_America]

2. Obama is acting like a President. McCain is acting like a Senator.

I can't believe that nobody in the media has figured out why Obama is trying to stay somewhat aloof from the Congressional negotiations. He's simply acting as a President should.