Thursday, February 19, 2009

Perspective on Obama's leadership style

Thanks to our friends at Seldom Wrong Never in Doubt for pointing out a Tony Blankley column on Mr. Obama's leadership style. It's a good read.

Here is how SWNID summarizes the Blankley offering (with just a hint of commentary):

In sum, since taking office, the President has dealt with four items he describes as high priority: Cabinet selection, incarceration of terrorists, economic stimulus and bipartisanship. In each he has shown lack of attention to detail and extreme delegation to the point of disengagement. None has gone well. All leave observers wondering whether the President, who has no record as an executive, can lead something big.

For us, Blankley's most disturbing observation is that the Obama White House has 130 senior staffers, a number double the usual in recent history. When everything is important or a priority or a crisis, nothing is. When every special interest is placated with its own person at the top, no one is at the top.

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