PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS

Recent events in the presidential campaigns have clearly indicated that Bill Clinton will be a significant player in Hillary’s campaign, as well as, an active player . In her presidency should that take place? This is not surprising considering they are married, but more importantly it brings together two similar psychological identities. Both are tactical operators that function in the past and the present. With the increased involvement of Bill in the campaign there has been an increase in the objective and detailed approach to the campaign, which is manifesting itself in increased tactical maneuvering directed at Obama . These transactional operators respond to immediate needs by applying tactics used in the past and may ignore the consequences their immediate actions have on the future. Bill’s actions with women while President failed to weight the serious consequences that resulted in his impeachment proceedings and the vast waste of energy and time in fighting this issue. Clearly, Bill Clinton makes decisions of expediency designed to solve immediate problems. Hillary operates in a similar fashion, basically satisfying immediate needs, such as remaining in office, and voting for a misdirected war rather than challenging the majority thinking at the time.

It is clear that Obama is facing a different entity than just Hillary Clinton .  This new opponent might best be called the “http://obama.senate.gov/” campaign effort. “Billary”   has been successful in forcing Obama’s attention from his successful transformational agenda to the day-to-day infighting and accusations brought by the ‘Billary’ campaign.

To the extent possible, Obama should avoid the “Billary” tactical attack and stay focused on the transformational agenda of reversing the Bush administrations’ fiascos. The “Billary” agenda will not provide the forward thinking necessary to reverse present trends. Only a significant paradigm shift will accomplish this and only a transformational leader possesses the psychological wiring to make this paradigm leap.

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