Craughwell writes a very brief and concise chapter for each president, which leads him to try to jam all of these facts, which panned out over 4 to 8 years, into a short 10-15 pages. He also adds an abundance of names of people who contributed to the president’s decision. While reading some of the chapters he mentions the president’s cabinet members more than he mentions the president he’s supposed to be talking about. With how many names he adds, this book should be called “Failures of the Presidents and their Cabinet Members”.
When a President oversteps boundaries, the balance of the governmental branches is endangered. So why would these leaders put the citizens in danger? And what do they achieve when the power of the Executive branch is increased?
Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush is a completely bias book. This book would be useful in a psychology class on what is the mental capacity of a self- centered and extremely conceded president when complementing his own judgement. The author is also majorly opinionated towards Bush because he got his information from Bush himself. He used to be an editor for Texas monthly.
The authors capture this by stating that we want the president to “lead us, but also listen to us” (Cronin Genovese 243). A president can act by reading public opinion surveys, but that may prevent tackling long-term issues like technology or climate change. The seventh paradox is the fact that Americans want a president who is confident and self-assured, but not arrogant or above criticism. A president needs to be open for reasonable input on policies, especially in complex situations, but not so flexible that he loses the real issue.
What a president must know in order to handle his role as the most powerful man in the country has been up for debate for decades. There are some that believe the role is best served as a minimalist president in which the president allows his delegates to have more power in making decisions. Some believe that a “Self Reliant President” who takes the personal responsibility of handling most presidential responsibilities is best. Strategic competence is a mix of both approaches is which some situations are handled by the president’s delegates and some by the president himself. Every president have strategic competence in order to best govern the nation.
How much power the president has to act alone in matters involving national security has been an ongoing topic of
In society, the vast majority of people are encompassed by the growing economic issues of the modern age. Yet–concerned primarily with themselves–people expect authority to handle any and all crises; however, blame them (namely politicians) when the results are not in their favor. Surprising, when the present meets the past, the differences are not as striking as one may expect. For instance, in 1981 when Ronald Reagan had become the president of the nation, the nation had been in shambles due to the aftermath of the Vietnam War (economic troubles and social unrest unravelling). Understanding the ignorance of the public in regards to acting on problematic issues, he addresses the need for change starting with the people themselves–a lesson
George W. Bush Jr. had his successes and failures in both domestic and foreign policies during his presidential years. With starting his presidential career, he mainly focused on the issues of domestic policy, in nature. As these policies ranged from cutting taxes, seeking to expand energy production, to strengthening public education, a startled tragedy struck. Bush Jr. went to Florida on September 10, 2001 to make known his education ingenuities he involved himself with. From Bush being there and getting a call that planes crashed into the World Trade Center was devastating.
There have been many times where presidents of the United States make decisions that deal with critical problems of the nation. These actions have had varying rates of success. An example of this is the Nullification crisis in which South Carolina refused to honor the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 because they stated that they were unconstitutional. President Jackson had to revise the tariff so that everyone could agree on set taxes of imported goods and so that the country could focus on issues that would be more important in the long run. Another example is the Southern states’ secession from the United States.
Since 1995, Japan’s dominant political party has been the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). However, in August of 2009, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won the election by a landslide and became the dominant political party. That is, until 2012, when the LDP regained dominance once again. Even though the LDP had failed to win majorities before, the 2009 election was big news because not only did it lose majority but it also finished a distant second to the new majority DPJ. The drastic change in dominance in the 2009 election raises questions about why the LDP lost power and why it was able to bounce back three years later?
Presidents know that not everything they want from Congress will get done, so programs that they want to enforce or bring up must not only be of importance but must have a higher opportunity to be accomplished. For instance, president Raegan was a good example of this, indicated in the text, “Ronald Raegan focused on the budget and taxes in his first year and achieved astonishing success” (Bresler, 2016, p. 339). It is fundamental that presidents focus on issues that are similar like in the case with Raegan and not too difficult to accomplish. If a president has an agenda filled with too many important issues then the likelihood of completing those will not be too high with
In order for the government to then to protect the people they need to be big enough to do so. "The New Nationalism... is impatient of the utter confusion that results from local legislatures attempting to treat the national issues as local issues." Theodore Roosevelt remarked, " It is still more impatient of the impotence which springs from the over division of governmental powers..." (310) He goes on further, re-defining what roles the branches of government should have, calling the executive power "the steward of the public welfare. "(310) Woodrow Wilson elaborates on this in regard to the extent of power the government must have, saying, "We used to say...that the best government was the government that did as little governing as possible...
However, Hamilton does not agree. This is a strong statement to prove that an energetic president is the key point for a good government. Presidency, is responsible for national defense, “the steady administration of laws” and the protection of property rights. Moreover, the power of the executive
Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eighth President of the United States, is well renowned for many accomplishments; of particular importance is being credited as the father of Public Administration. Although he argues for many different ideas and concepts, his end goal is always for the benefit of the people. This particularly resonates in his 1887 essay; The Study of Administration. In his critically renowned essay, The Study of Administration, he details his concepts of and for public administration.
