Leaders, like banks, run on a self-perpetuating cycle of confidence: seeming confident inspires the faith of voters, which in turn can free leaders to govern decisively.
Cutler surely looked the part in last Sunday's dismantling of San Diego, precise with his throws and confident in his decisions in decisively outplaying former A.F.C.
The truth is that politicians will fail to act decisively on climate issues unless they are confident that enough companies are prepared to support their stand.
True, it's highly unlikely that Fiji's military officers would have permitted an election if they had not been confident of their candidate winning decisively.
Despite those steps, American military planners say they are confident that allied forces will win decisively and many expect the conflict to be relatively quick, measured in weeks and days and not in months.
They were confident of success, but Justice John Middleton ruled decisively against them.
We are confident that if the president and Congress intervene decisively, as President Ronald Reagan and the government did for Daniloff, it will lead to Paul's freedom.
"I am confident that in a few days we will decisively defeat the terrorist force that many repeatedly kept saying was invincible," he said.
Even in a scenario of all-out war on the Korean peninsula, I am confident that the US and South Korea will win decisively and will recover from any temporary damage.
"I am confident the ATO is in a position to respond decisively to this data release," said Mark Konza, the tax office's deputy commissioner, international.
Our cadets must be confident that issues such as these are handled quickly and decisively, and that our system will hold those responsible accountable".
