Dr. Cramer, can I deduce from your article that president Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi are insecure?

Thank you Dr. Cramer for once again giving us some insight and something to ponder. I like to think of myself as not a competitive person, but the truth is I am. When I have a friend who is frequently talking about the accomplishments of her children, I must say I start to think some unkind things.
It seems common to look at the "haves" and think they are superior to the "have nots." But the truth is we could all learn from each other.

The mid-20th century public intellectual Eric Hoffer put it better:

“The individual on his own is stable only so long as he is possessed of self-esteem. The maintenance of self-esteem is a continuous task which taxes all of the individual’s powers and inner resources. We have to prove our worth and justify our existence anew each day. When, for whatever reason, self-esteem is unattainable, the autonomous individual becomes a highly explosive entity. He turns away from an unpromising self and plunges into the pursuit of pride – the explosive substitute for self-esteem. All social disturbances and upheavals have their roots in crises of individual self-esteem, and the great endeavor in which the masses most readily unite is basically a search for pride.”