Knowing how to deal with crisis is a skill everyone needs – not just politicians and corporate executives. Certainly our leaders in Washington and the corporate umbra need a refresher course, desperately, but today this is a broader lesson.

Obama campaigned on change. He wanted to change the way Washington works. He wanted to make a clean break from the past. He wanted to change American policy and change the way people see America itself. I would say that in these first few days in office he’s done so. He’s gone from the corruption of the right to the corruption of the left.