Charisma And Leadership During The Reagan Revolution

presidency. Although he is unable to take advantage of the power of the modern presidency, because it seemed as though he did not want it, had to deal with circumstances out of his capacity, and his personality the people believed was not presidential. Due to his ability to win the elections without his party leaders, he did not feel the need to build a relationship with them and his staff, coming from his campaign did not have experience in Washington resulted in him failing in Congress during his first months as president. During the campaign, his informality helped him win the Democratic bid and the presidency, but it turned out to be a deterrent while governing. The Press Corp began treating his unpretentious manner as an expression

During his campaign, Reagan was outspoken with his conservative which prompted his pundits to name his presidency the Reagan Revolution. He had the ability to transform his victory to legislative achievements which testified to his skills. Many compared his charisma and leadership in his campaign to Roosevelt and Reagan made it a priority to compare himself to the New Deal President. During his Republican National Convention speech, he wanted delegates to continue the promise of the Roosevelt in his speech, “eliminate the unnecessary function of government.” Reagan’s comparison to Roosevelt fueled his desire to a leader like Roosevelt, exploiting the modern presidency and move the United States to “rendezvous with destiny.” The reason why he was able to have legislative leadership during his presidency is due to his popularity as president. Richard Neustadt states that is presidents place themselves as an image of reputation, his professional characteristics in office and prestige where the people loved Reagan giving him leverage against his opponents. Reagan, a former actor, announcer and television host had a great experience with the media and became known as the Great Communicator. Finally, he also had symbolic leadership, where he came after the failure of Jimmy Carter and Reagan used his predecessor’s failures to his advantage by stating the United States was as great as ever, but there needs to be a great