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• Thursday, February 28, 2008 08:46 PM

  Clinton fatigue

  I, too, started out as a Hillary supporter, although I was also very impressed with Joe Biden. I signed up on her web-site and sent money and paid attention. As time went by, I got interested in Barack Obama, just because he had such a gift for inspiring people, which is an important element of leadership. So I read his books and signed on to his web-site and started paying attention to him, too.

  So then I was torn between the two of them, two historic candidates, each with a lot to offer. But the more I listened, the more I got Clinton fatigue. She started sounding like an angry schoolmarm who would micromanage everything with all her wonky fascination with detail. She wore me out. I couldn't imagine working for her; I couldn't imagine that she would surround her self with brilliant people and then let them take responsibility; she reminded me more and more of one of my first bosses who looked over my shoulder all the time and nitpicked everything I did. She seemed more like a middle manager than a real leader.

  Barack, on the other hand, seems to empower people. Look at his campaign. It's amazing. If he put together a team and run the country as well as he has run his campaign, we're ahead of the game.

  So I am now an Obama supporter. Not because I drank the kool aid but because I really paid attention, gave it a lot of thought, and see that he has leadership qualities, judgment, and the ability to take charge and take responsibility and still empower others and bring out the best in them.

  —heyjude Read heyjude's other letters
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