leadership
some folks were going on and on about how great a leader obama is. and it'll be nice to have a real leader in the white house for a change. instead of some sort of vacuum. heh. hrm. i don't think that's quite right. there was plenty of leadership in the bush administration. rove cheny rice. these folks have leadership in abundance. bush apparently just let em fight it out. but no one of them could grab enough of the power to cow the others. i'm reminded of some sword and sorcery brain candy book i read so long ago i couldn't begin to come up with a name. anywho, the /good/ leaders listened to advisors and commoners. and rewarded good work. and the /evil/ leaders kept slaves and let the subordinates fight it out. heh. guess that explains the roots of my politics, eh?