“I think I screwed up,” Obama said in an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “And, I take responsibility for it and we’re going to make sure we fix it so it doesn’t happen again.”
In an astounding demonstration of JUST how different a communicator he’s going to be as President, not merely as a candidate, Barack Obama offered the above mea culpa today, speaking of his mistake in handling the nomination of Tom Daschle as Health and Human Services Secretary.
Of course others subordinate to the president made a lot of the errors, but he went right to “the buck stops here” mode and, in so doing, took a giant step towards placing this issue behind him, as it should be.
Regardless of where you stand politically, you’d be hard-pressed not to admit that this confession is a bluntly eloquent introduction to a new era of American leaders.
JB
Jonathan Bernstein
President
Bernstein Crisis Management, Inc.