David Cameron - My Pick for Person of the Year

Everybody is publishing their "person of the year" lists. There are usually ten or so named as contributing the most to society in 2010. I'd like to offer my choice - one person.
I pick David Cameron, the newly elected British Primes Minister. He's a Conservative Party member and was the Conservative leader who broke the 12-year Labor Party armlock on British politics.
David Cameron is a young and energetic leader who understands that governments must cut back on spending and social programs, and for a refreshing change, his government is actually doing it. This is not an easy matter for him, because, for the first time in a half century, Britain has a coalition government. The Conservatives are allied in Parliament with the Liberal Democrats, who are far more to the left than Cameron's own party. So, he has needed great skill in bringing along his coalition members to support his government reduction programs.
But, that's not why I picked him. I picked him because he's perceptive and intelligent in his conservatism. He combines the retrenchment of social programs and government reduction with the "heart" that others talk about but rarely display. He has saved the programs for the poor and fragile, while asking all Britons to bear with him the personal pain of putting the British governmental house in order. He announced his own pay cut and expenses budget cut, and urged other government ministers to do the same. It worked.
He has also tied his program to a call for citizen participation. He is asking them to take back from government those things that the private sector, and in particular local communities, do much better. The challenge has been put and it is now up to the British citizenry to respond.
We all love to talk about how inefficient and costly big government is. Davis Cameron has actually thrown down the gauntlet, and most political analysts are watching closely to see if his daring move works.
What we need now is for more world leaders to do the same instead of robbing Peter to pay Paul while governments everywhere expand exponentially as the state takes more and more power for itself.
It's time for more David Camerons in the world. He is my pick for the person of the year in 2010. Let us hope that his effort pays and that he can again be named person of the year in 2011.