LEARNING FROM IDIOTS... Session 1--- The US Senate Leadership

Over my 40 plus year career.. I have learned you can learn from successes and failures...but it is even more interesting to learn from current, idiotic mistakes of "so-called LEADERS".

Today, Tuesday, January 6, 2009 was one of those days which can help us learn from "very poor judgment and so-called Leaders".. It can be called the HARRY REID story...

Harry is the US Senator majority leader????

He and his sister House Leader...Nancy Pelosi, have a popularity rating BELOW... that of outgoing President George Bush...which in its self is hard to do.

Today was a day which most of the time Americans would not know even happened... it was the formal acceptance of both the House and Senate members..

but because of the "lack of leadership and sensitivity of Harry Reid.. it was a key event for the entire PRESS corp and the world... it was the day when a African American successor to the President elect..also an African American... tried to take his "ligament seat' and was refused entry...

This event took center stage..even when the American and Global economies and major wars were staged...

LESSON LEARNED... Harry Reid is an excellent example of a "leader?" who took a stand BEFORE he needed too and put himself in a situation where he needed to either retreat or admit a mistake... he didn't do either and is going to make the situation even worse...LESSON... never take a stand before you need to and always be willing to ADMIT a mistake..before it takes on a life of its own. Richard Nixon..NEVER..learned this and he died a broken man... Reid needs to learn it before too is just a foot note in history...

Bill Rothschild...author of five key strategic books...