The Political Quadrant
Often times, it becomes difficult to
judge politicians running for a position. Who is the best candidate for the US
Presidency? In the Indian context, who is the best candidate for the Prime
Ministership? While political alliances may throw in names, will that candidate
be the perfect or “near-perfect” choice for the premiership?
This blog presents a simplified quadrant
that judges who could be the best fit for a role. It focuses on the following:
1.
Political Vision: This focuses on
the future. What will the person do? What is his/her vision for soci0-economic
issues? Vision for national and international issues? This is futuristic and is
based out of how the person articulates his/her understanding of the issues at
hand and the possible solutions. Articulation is a very important part,
otherwise their is no other way of communication with the masses and external
world.
2.
Administrative Impact: This focuses
on the administrative abilities of the person. This has nothing to do with the
length of the administrative experience, but the pure impact, which obviously
has to be a positive one.
Obama won the presidential race in 2008
because of the high value of the “Political Vision” he demonstrated. He was low
on Administrative Impact, but he won due to the Political Vision.
The choice is for people to make on who
they want to be led by!
