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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (85819)	11/23/2000 7:53:22 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Respond to of 769667

Dubya isn't dumb. He has emotional intelligence. He is all E.I. (emotional intelligence), and, like many a Republican candidate before him, he disdains I.Q., analysis and intellectual pretension. He is pleased to note how well he is doing with what he calls, affectionately, the "double-width vote," the trailer-park crowd. In the same issue of Newsweek, Al Gore, author and pedant, comes across as a conniving, programmed, nasty creature of the modern era’s meaningless partisanship. These are not insignificant insights; in fact, they go to the heart of this inconclusive campaign’s dynamic. "Emotional intelligence is the basis of leadership ability of every kind," said writer Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, when asked about the election. "It’s being able to … persuade people, being able to articulate a shared vision so people feel passion, too." observer.com