Hey Court Knee - while I am not a huge fan of President Bush I think some of the absolutely best things he has done to show leadership while in office is when he personally visits and meets with people who have been victims of disasters. Look at some stuff I think from the hurricanes and other events where he is shown meeting with people one on one and hugging them. If you look at the people's faces, that meant the world to them and the President looks pretty emotional as well. While it may not have solved their problems and while it may have just been a photo op for our President (I sort of think not - that stuff is very hard to do with conviction if it is not what you believe you should be doing), it is my opinion that by having someone important show they care about the situation those people were given a sense of hope and a sense of importance - things that are important to all of us. Again, I think this shows leadershp because it would be easy for the President to send someone else from the government to do it and it probably would have been easier on his emotions as well - but he did the tough thing.

Good luck with you paper. Sometimes you learn the most when you have to argue an unpopular position.