Most national politicians are very reluctant to reduce social security spending even though good evidence exists for that need. M any leaders are also supporters at the same time and in the same organization or situation . Any national issue has many layers of leaders. Some are leaders at the national, some at the state, and some at the local levels. A ll leaders fail at one time or another in their attempts to influence other peoples' behavior.
Every person attempts to be a leader at some time and fails.
A mixture of success and failure is a normal part of leadership. Leaders learn from their failures and try again. Overcoming fear of failure is often one of the highest hurdles in becoming a leader. At times, I have thought my greatest challenge, as a professor teaching about leadership was to prepare future leaders with how to handle failures - not success. Failure should not be regarded as merely failures, but as opportunities for learning.