There was no Presidential leadership to take up the people's cause.
At this point, presidential leadership of a high order will be required.
That will be remembered as a great moment in presidential leadership.
But the underlying problem is an absence of presidential leadership.
This is a challenge that demands the kind of presidential leadership the country has not seen in almost a decade.
"I think Presidential leadership requires a sense of fiscal responsibility," he said.
What a waste of time and money and potential Presidential leadership.
The public mood is one influence on foreign policy, but it can be altered by a second, more important force: Presidential leadership.
Tonight the most intriguing moments came at the end, when each man was asked to define Presidential leadership.
While welcome, these fragmented responses are not the stuff of Presidential leadership.