Is Barack Obama A "High I"?

[GR]

It looks more and more as if Barack Obama is the likely democratic nominee.

I used to teach the DISC personality typing system. Today, it hit me why he is doing so well...he's what is known as a "high I" using the DISC typing system. The high I is always the center of attention, the most popular, the one with the great ideas, the inspirational one...BUT, and it's a big BUT, if they don't have some D, dominance and C, followthrough and attention to detail, they are BUSTS. They like to move from job to job, getting out in time to avoid the crash of reality around their wonderful "schemes" and lack of attention to detail and followthrough on all their great ideas.

The High I absolutely NEEDS to be liked by everyone and told how great they are all the time. Could the "present" votes be a manifestation of the "high I" shortcomings in Obama? What about the unworkable voluntary health care plan, so no one will have mandates? What about the stress on "bipartisanship" so both sides can like him, which in reality can't exist in today's atmosphere. What's the "bipartisan" position on Iraq? keep a lot of troops there for a shorter time than 100 years, like John McCain wants? What's the bipartisan position of Social Security, cut benefits and raise the retirement age "a little" privatize "a little"? What's the bipartisan position on torture "only when it's abosolutely necessary"? What's the bipartisan position on healthcare cover "most of the people with a fairly good plan"? How about abortion?

There are no viable, progressive values based meaningful bipartisan positions on most of these key issues and if there were, the republican movement conservatives simply wouldn't buy into them. Where has George Bush taken a "bipartisan" position on anything?

So I'm hoping there's some D and some C to go along with that "I" I'm perceiving in Obama or at the very least, he surrounds himself with advisors who do have those traits. We'd better all hope that's the case if he's the nominee. He will be tested BEFORE the election as Gore and Kerry were and if he doesn't have some steel in his spine, he'll cave and McCain will be our next president along with his "century in Iraq is reasonable policy." McCain seems to completely ignore the effect of spending $12B a month in borrowed money on his folly on the rest of our country.

[Colobo]

1. Obama knows he will need an all star cabinet to get things done.

And I agree with your assesment up to a degree.

[jgraz]

3. In other words: he'll turn to established, corporate politicians

But hey, at least he'll make us feel good about it.

[sam sarrha]

2. that is what i have been saying, ReThugs know this too, they are supporting him, Rove loves him as

well as Gingrich.. those 2 are slimy but have no poker face.. they gave it away, i am an old Research scientist, i picked up on something that is veiled.. they decided to steal this election at the primary level.. moving the dates,
obama is a self made Manchurian Candate... who will implode, and bring in a ReThug domination of the congress the following election.. they have been suspiciously absent with dirty tricks lately.. some devious plan is afoot.

Everybody needs to read "The Shock Doctrine"... it is essential everyone understand what has been and "IS" going on... especially with the 'Timely' ressesion come'n up for the next election