THE QUESTION
The power behind the throne?
Like many leaders, George Bush relied on trusted advisors like Karl Rove for advice and strategy. How can a leader draw the line between receiving good advice and being overly influenced by a strong advisor?
Posted by Steve Pearlstein and Raju Narisetti on March 4, 2010 6:17 AM
FROM THE PANEL
Lock-step advisors
Dissension within a president's inner circle is rapidly being relegated to annals of American history.
Posted by Robert Goodwin, on March 8, 2010 6:34 AM
Who's running the show?
Take JFK in the Cuban Missile Crisis as a model: He met often with his advisers but left no doubt he was making the decisions.
Posted by Yash Gupta, on March 5, 2010 12:06 PM
Open to manipulation
The leaders most in danger of becoming dependent on an advisor are the ones who believe they don't need any advice.
Posted by Michael Maccoby, on March 4, 2010 2:54 PM
Rove's Brutus problem
President Bush should have learned a lesson from Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar' and gotten rid of Karl Rove.
Posted by Ken Adelman, on March 4, 2010 2:39 PM
Advisors, not deciders
The first test of any leader's abilities is in deciding whose knowledge, experience, and judgment to take into account.
Posted by Mickey Edwards, on March 4, 2010 6:26 AM
The ventriloquist and the dummy
Behind the thinly veiled trick, the puppet has no voice. Self-aware leaders continually search for, and use, their own voice.
Posted by Coro Fellows, on March 4, 2010 4:43 AM
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DwightCollins: instead of Karl Rove, how about you write about Rahm Emmanuel, someone more relevant......
