Why Great Men Are Not Chosen President Analysis

The president of the United States of America is an elected head of government and head of state who leads the executive arm of the federal government. In many countries, the president is the commander in chief of the armed forces. The president of the United States is regarded as the most powerful person because the country is considered as the world’s contemporary superpower. In U.S., the president is vested all executive power by Article II of the U.S. constitution including the implementation and execution of the federal laws. The U.S. president also has powers to appoint diplomatic, federal, judicial, and regulatory officers, as well as signing treaties with the consent and advice of the Senate. The people elect the president indirectly through the Electoral College for the four-year term. Presidency in the U.S. is regarded as the most powerful position through recognition and influence thus highly competed among the presidential candidates. As such, this paper aims at analyzing the presidency in response to James Bryce’s famous chapter “Why Great Men Are Not Chosen Presidents” in Volume I of his The American Commonwealth.
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James Bryce’s article “Why Great Men Are Not Chosen Presidents” explored several reasons to support his arguments. Firstly, he argued that the reason why great men are not chosen president is because of proportional abilities for one to join politics is minimal in America as compared to European countries. For instance, the revolutionary condition in France that existed until 1870 made the public life, accessible and exciting thus influencing wealthy people to join politics easily. Bryce also noted that Germany political structure is highly organized using civil service where great leaders get positions to influence support from voters for unusual