McCain was pretty nasty. He kept saying that Obama does not understand; we all know that Obama understood. As another insult to Obama he never during the entire Debate looked at Obama. In contrast, Obama paid little or no attention to these breaches of etiquette. Furthermore Obama pointed out points of his agreement with McCain and even helped McCain in small mistakes (such as when McCain mispronounced Ahmadinejad).

After the Debate a majority of pundits felt that McCain did OK in terms of issues, but Obama beat him in style; McCain was passionate and Obama was not. But then pundits, many of them Democratic, said Obama should have shown more emotion. Here he was being attacked mercilessly and he responds calmly. He should have become angry and passionate in his replies.

You can't win in political contests, pundits say, unless you are an "attack dog." Even Democrats say this. This shows that Democrats, as well as Republicans, do not understand Obama and his approach to leadership. They have been hearing Obama's speeches but they were not listening. They did not get the essence of what he wants to do.

Obama has been saying he wants to make political speech more civil. Merely that you disagree on something does not mean the other fellow is your enemy. You can't influence your opponent unless you treat him with respect. The best type of leadership is encouraging people to do something, not yelling at anyone.

The comportment of Obama during the Debate demonstrated his advanced type of leadership. Yes, he was calm; do you want an excitable guy making decisions in the midst of a crisis? While McCain was losing his cool, Obama was as cool as a cucumber. While McCain was being nasty which nobody liked Obama was the essence of grace, which was praised even by Republicans. While McCain was constantly on attack Obama took time to praise McCain, and everybody noticed this contrast.

It's annoying that people do not understand Obama. They are so accustomed to petty poltical debates they think you can't win unless you are a boor. When an Obama comes along and tries to change the conversation, people think he's nuts. He's not nuts, we are - for alowing our political talk to reach this poor state.

Listen more carefully to what Obama says and try to improve yourself accordingly.