Embarrassment Of Riches vs. Riches Of Embarrassment
Pollster, Frank Luntz uses as his process to inform, polling “attitude registers” that use a rheostat dial mechanism observers move to indicate whether they feel “favorable” or “not favorable” to what they are witnessing.
After the debate, Frank Luntz processes the information gathered and then interviews the people who participated in the “attitude register” process.
One of the people Frank was interviewing about the just concluded Democrat debate, when asked who they felt “favorable” with and who would they vote for, responded that the choices of Richardson, Edwards, Obama, and Clinton presented all Democrats an “embarrassment of riches”.
At MAXINE, we wonder, what exactly are the riches one has to be embarrassed about?
What, in fact, do these candidates have to offer in terms of executive leadership in their background (save Governor Richardson who has low ratings) that would propel them to be observed as good leaders?
On the Republican side, voters in New Hampshire are leaning toward Senator John McCain over the recent winner of the Iowa Caucus, Governor (AK) Mike Huckabee, Governor (MA) Mitt Romney, and Mayor (NY) Rudy Giuliani … proven executive leaders all. Senator Fred Thompson and Congressman Ron Paul add to the debate but have little traction in New Hampshire and only match up in executive experience on a par with the Democrats.
One has to ask themselves, with the apparent favorability of politicians without direct executive experience in New Hampshire (as shown through the use of Frank Luntz’s “attitude registers”) what do we really suffer from … an embarrassment of riches or a riches of embarrassment?
Personality is winning out over the understanding of executive decision making processes … what are the citizens thinking?
If only we, the voting public, could actually feel a sense of embarrassment in our culture anymore.
This situation is about to cause me to go back to drinkin’ (it has been nearly 16 years).
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