Leadership

The Barack Obama campaign isn't just talking about helping Americans, it's already responding to the flood disaster in Iowa, utilizing it's built-up online network to help flood victims with donations and information -- check out the campaign site itself.

There's some video of Obama already on the scene, symbolic or otherwise lifting a shovel while John McCain offers prayer. Nothing wrong with the latter, but can one imagine the McCain campaign diverting incoming resources to the flood, even if they had the network? Or thinking of it first, as Obama has once again done, once again demonstrating his leadership?

It's not like McCain's party is even able to offer disaster relief when it as the full resources of the U.S. government itself. On flooding in the past, they've done, um, "a heckuva job..."