"Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions. They are willing to make people angry. Bush had strong nerves. Clinton, who passed up a chance to eliminate Osama bin Laden, did not. Obama is a people pleaser, a trait not normally associated with nerves of steel"

This quote by Fred Barnes suggests that presidents who are definitive and ready to make undesirable decisions are those who have strong nerves. He uses the examples of George W. Bush and Bill Clinton to show this point. Bush is seen as having strong nerves because he was willing to make out of favor choices, while Clinton is viewed as not having strong nerves due to the fact that he missed a possibility to eliminate Osama bin Laden. Barnes also recommends that Barack Obama is not viewed as having strong nerves due to the fact that he is a people pleaser, which is not normally connected with having nerves of steel. This quote suggests that presidents who are willing to make out of favor decisions and take threats are those who have strong nerves and are most likely to be effective.