Setting Criteria For Our Leaders

Although I'll add to this, it would seem that we could rate our leaders based on the effectiveness of their behaviors.

Some of the criteria we would use would be based on:

Reactive behavior (anger vs. emotional intelligence)
Not using reasoning
Not willing to base decisions on what is rational
Not willing to compromise appropriately, not wise enough to play win-win
Does not base decisions upon adequate briefing or reading from expert resources
Inadequate knowledge
Inadequate experience to know what is involved and to have some wisdom

Sarah Palin, an effective communicator and a master at becoming an influential figure, would not meet these criteria at the level to become President (or Vice President).  The selection of her as a Vice Presidential candidate does not speak well of the selecters and definitely reduces any confidence in John McCain as a candidate for President.

Congressman Anthony Weiner, appearing to show high anger and reactiveness, insisted that the estate tax is justified as it is not a death tax and the owner of the estate is just dead, so why would they care; but the inheritors are getting it without working on it, so they should be taxed.  Whew!  A dangerous lack of awareness and a troublesome lack of emotional intelligence

I think, regardless of which side someone is on, that any person could see the lack of sound reasoning and. It would make no sense to vote in such a man (if based on the above criteria), unless you wanted a strong fighter (but fighting is not what works in the long run, so those who voted for him are more interesting in win-lose than in win-win, which works to create more good in total for all - and ultimately creates more for both sides.  (It is the shortsightedness and lack of long term thinking that is the enemy to progress.).

Understand, please, that I hold to no "make-wrong", as I ascribe to the "mathematical truth" of:

Everybody does the best he/she can at time, based on the limits of their current awareness.  Accordingly, the person is never the problem.   The problem is the lack of awareness and knowledge.  Therefore, the solution is to increase the knowledge and awareness of the other person.  Of course, one has to assess the worth and the benefit of attempting to effect that increase.  (In this, there is no evilizing involved, no alienation repelling people - only "let's make it work" and "how do we make progress from here."

What criteria do you think should be used?  Any other comments?

The Rational Problem Solver