Unlike Flip Flop Flap Jack McCain.  As I have pointed out before here at The Voice, McCain is a proven fighter pilot, where tactics is master and flying by the seat of your pants is often times a survival requirement.  But the presidency requires a cool head for strategy, and delegating the tactics to his advisors and experts in his chain of command. 

 

Obama has demonstrated a tremendous strategic ability in his campaign, an ability that will serve him and us well in the Oval Office as Commander in Chief. 

  

The presidential election 

  

It's time

Oct 30th 2008
From The Economist print edition 

  

America should take a chance and make Barack Obama the next leader of the free world

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Political fire, far from rattling Mr Obama, seems to bring out the best in him: the furore about his (admittedly ghastly) preacher prompted one of the most thoughtful speeches of the campaign. On the financial crisis his performance has been as assured as Mr McCain’s has been febrile. He seems a quick learner and has built up an impressive team of advisers, drawing in seasoned hands like Paul Volcker, Robert Rubin and Larry Summers. Of course, Mr Obama will make mistakes; but this is a man who listens, learns and manages well.

It is hard too nowadays to depict him as soft when it comes to dealing with America’s enemies. Part of Mr Obama’s original appeal to the Democratic left was his keenness to get American troops out of Iraq; but since the primaries he has moved to the centre, pragmatically saying the troops will leave only when the conditions are right. His determination to focus American power on Afghanistan, Pakistan and proliferation was prescient. He is keener to talk to Iran than Mr McCain is— but that makes sense, providing certain conditions are met.

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More at It's time

Oct 30th 2008
From The Economist print edition

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