1.  Bush in turn accused Gore of seven years of failed leadership and relying on big-government solutions forged in Washington.

2.  He declines to knock the failed leadership, captain Tom Gullikson, whose job is understandably shaky.

3.  He promised us that he would give us the Supercollider, and because of failed leadership, he reneged.

4.  Tactical procedural errors, which occur frequently, quickly turn into crises or another example of failed leadership.

5.  The opposition has insisted it would oppose Chernomyrdin, whose failed leadership they say is to blame for the crisis.