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Obama's Ego

I tend to judge people with monster egos harshly, except when their massive egos are entirely justified.

This passage from the article "How Obama Won":

Obama, who is not without an ego, regarded himself as just as gifted as his top strategists in the art and practice of politics. Patrick Gaspard, the campaign?s political director, said that when, in early 2007, he interviewed for a job with Obama and Plouffe, Obama said that he liked being surrounded by people who expressed strong opinions, but he also said, ?I think that I?m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors.

And I?ll tell you right now that I?m gonna think I?m a better political director than my political director.? After Obama?s first debate with McCain, on September 26th, Gaspard sent him an e-mail. ?You are more clutch than Michael Jordan,? he wrote. Obama replied, ?Just give me the ball.?

Love it.

Full post as published by Expressio Unius on November 10, 2008 (boomark / email).