How important is communication skills for a politician -especially ones who are in power

All indian politicians today, be it the ruling lot, or opposition, or the alliance partners of the ruling lot, seem to have real bad communication skills.

Not to mention our current indian prime minister Dr.Manmohan singh who never ever speaks one full sentence looking at the people he is taking to.. he just reads a story from his write up head down. So is the leader of the ruling coalition Mrs. Sonia Gandhi (difference being she looks at the people speaks it and then ducks).

Recent problems because of the lack of communication skills: Miscommunication or lack of any clarity on the Indo - US nuclear agreement simply called 1-2-3...

Read these interesting blog posts at 6amPacific which goes on to highlight this.
http://6ampacific.com/2007/08/19/sound-and-fury-the-123-agreement/
http://6ampacific.com/2007/06/10/leadership-challenges-the-fog-of-economics/


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