I've never seen any leader with his combination of personality traits before before but it's like the Bible verse "In quietness and confidence shall be your strength." I bet he knows that one. Remember when he visited the firemen at ground zero. He got up on the disgusting, reeking sp?, rubble pile and patted them on the back and hugged them. Just one of the guys.
Oh, that's a great verse to bring to mind, and I can definitely see that in the way he is handling this crisis. The thing that I keep hearing people say within the media and elsewhere is that they were all so impressed with his calmness in response to the attacks. That was so important I think, to settle people down, and the combination of that calmness with that inner steel-like strength was so perfect for us. It was exactly what we needed, and it is clear, to me at least, that that calm strength is coming from the Lord. The beauty of that is how God is glorified.
Soli Deo Gloria!
-penny