A Human President

While President Obama works to put together his new government, he has run into a few problems. He has called some of the "self-inflicted injuries". This is an example of what I find so interesting about this new president. In this post at The Oval, a USA Today community blog, he says:

"The fact of the matter is Tom Daschle pulled out today," Obama continues. "And I'm here on television saying I screwed up and that's part of the era of responsibility; is not never making mistakes; it's owning up to them and trying to make sure you never repeat them and that's what we intend to do."

Does that sound familiar to you? This sounds to me like a man who understands his flawed and fallible tendencies, and the same tendencies in those around him. He prefers to simply admit mistakes and works to reveal them and take responsibility for them.

In short, he prefers to behave with cognitive accuracy rather than wishful thinking.