2008 Primaries, Views on News • September 30th, 2008

Who’s to blame…and where are the leaders?

by Chris Lato

So who’s to blame for the economic crisis? Democrats? Republicans? Obama? McCain? Bush? Clinton? The Masters of the Universe on Wall Street? Individuals who took out home loans they could never hope to continue paying off?

Or is it all of the above?

The more I read, the more I realize there’s plenty of blame to go around for just about every player in this scary state of affairs. No one’s hands are clean. Mistakes were made all over the place. This whole affair looks distinctly bipartisan.

President Bush’s goodwill is essentially spent. He will leave office seriously dinged by Iraq and the economy. Democrats are doing all they can to emphasize the lame-duck-ness of Bush. And let’s face it, we’re all looking ahead to the November elections anyway.

The question remains: where do we go from here? And who will be the ones to stand up and offer the leadership that a crisis such as this calls for?

The daily headlines and news reports are seriously rattling. It may not be the second coming of the Great Depression but for once, the word ‘crisis’ is not an overstatement by an overzealous press corps.

It’s past time for leaders to stop with the blame game. In an atmosphere thoroughly poisoned the toxic rantings from both extremes, now is really not the time for it.

I’ve said this before: those who stand up in times of crisis and offer thoughtful, positive, clear-headed leadership – and not just do-little platitudes or empty criticism - will come out on top. We’re still waiting to see that, but it is the kind of direct communication that millions of Americans would respond to.

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