Friday, July 11, 2008

Unity - Not just another campaign slogan

RJ Eskow: Have We Missed the Key to Obama's Leadership Style?

An interesting take on what makes Obama's leadership style unique, and why he's not really "moving to the right" at all.

His political architecture isn't built on the old foundation of Right vs. Left - or on Right vs. Wrong, for that matter. It isn't even binary. When it comes to policy he inclines toward the progressive position, but he's not thinking in terms of "winning" or "losing." His goal is group unity around the best possible realistic outcome. That means assess the situation, get what you can, then move to bring the parties together around a new consensus.

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