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Modern presidents keep straying from party politics and support. As a president it is very difficult to decide on how to balance staying loyal to a political party and also your own political ideologies. This is an example of the dilemma our current president is facing with congress; republicans in government keeping blocking policies such as raising minimum wage, no to student loan reform and etc. passed by President Barack Obama, which is creating a gridlock in congress in which the president responded by saying “And as long as they insist on doing it, I’ll keep taking actions on my own (1).” Observing Franklin Roosevelt presidency, he does well to undermine the party system rather than bringing about change or shaping it. Roosevelt faced a dilemma with his political party when he issued in the New Deal. His leadership affected the American political system establishing a precedent for future presidents like Lyndon Johnson who issued the Great Society Program and Richard Nixon to come. But the relationship kind of shifted back from a …show more content…
Lyndson Johnson kind of used Roosevelt’s experience as a stepping stone and a guide into his presidency, where he took advantage of party support before it was due then like Roosevelt, he look beyond party system. Johnson developed a dilemma between trying to find the balance of advancing the new deal and satisfying the American People. He lost trust in the Democratic Party, which later led to the establishment of the Great Society. He even created the NEAs (Non-career Executive Assignments), which were new positions in the executive branch to increase the executive power. Nixon’s presidency was an offspring of Johnson established policies which many noted how Nixon surpassed his opposition using one side to make decisions whiles expanding distance between the presidency and political party; all this happen because of the Watergate
Modern presidents keep straying from party politics and support. As a president it is very difficult to decide on how to balance staying loyal to a political party and also your own political ideologies. This is an example of the dilemma our current president is facing with congress; republicans in government keeping blocking policies such as raising minimum wage, no to student loan reform and etc. passed by President Barack Obama, which is creating a gridlock in congress in which the president responded by saying “And as long as they insist on doing it, I’ll keep taking actions on my own (1).” Observing Franklin Roosevelt presidency, he does well to undermine the party system rather than bringing about change or shaping it. Roosevelt faced a dilemma with his political party when he issued in the New Deal. His leadership affected the American political system establishing a precedent for future presidents like Lyndon Johnson who issued the Great Society Program and Richard Nixon to come. But the relationship kind of shifted back from a …show more content…
Lyndson Johnson kind of used Roosevelt’s experience as a stepping stone and a guide into his presidency, where he took advantage of party support before it was due then like Roosevelt, he look beyond party system. Johnson developed a dilemma between trying to find the balance of advancing the new deal and satisfying the American People. He lost trust in the Democratic Party, which later led to the establishment of the Great Society. He even created the NEAs (Non-career Executive Assignments), which were new positions in the executive branch to increase the executive power. Nixon’s presidency was an offspring of Johnson established policies which many noted how Nixon surpassed his opposition using one side to make decisions whiles expanding distance between the presidency and political party; all this happen because of the Watergate