Party of Government Obstructs Governance
by LT. COLONEL JAMES G. ZUMWALT, USMC (RET)
February 17, 2017
A brief exchange on leadership perceptions occurred in 1961 between President John F. Kennedy and Iraeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion as they met in New York City. Late to the meeting due to a domestic political issue, Kennedy apologized explaining, "Mr. Prime Minister, you have no idea what it's like to be president of 180 million people." Ben Gurion's purported response was, "Mr. President, you have no idea what it's like to be prime minister of 2 million prime ministers!"
Ben Gurion shared a reality of Israeli politics: All Israelis hold contrary opinions and assume the role of prime minister to press them forward. Obviously, such an approach to governance made life most difficult for the elected prime minister.
This statement is true today about the Democratic Party leadership. No leader is without a contrary opinion to that held by our elected president and, as such, committed to making his governance most difficult.
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