Highlights and questions from Woodward's address Bob Woodward got the audience involved from the beginning of his speech. The single most important quality a president can show is courage. Really great leaders are people who are willing to walk the road alone for a while. The president has to be seen as a truth-teller.
Character tends to matter more when times are generally good, with a strong economy and no war.
On television he is able to communicate in a way perhaps no one ever has. Reagan was an amateur compared to Clinton. He drills you with this eye contact that pulls with almost gravitational force. He obviously has trained himself to use his eyes. I remember thinking, this is the greatest interview.