Quinton Shipps
Debating Democracy
The founding fathers viewed the president as a constitutional officer who was immune to public pressure. This view differs from the way modern presidents view themselves. They convey themselves as only elected official who is truly of the people. To the people, the president is a democratic figure who stands for the nation and its history.
In his article Lessons From the Modern Presidency, Fred Greenstein provides readers with six qualities of presidents that affect their performance in office.
The first of Greenstein's qualities is “effectiveness as a public communicator.” This quality is exactly what the wording would indicate. This quality is directly related to the president’s experience being a public official. Roosevelt is perhaps the best example of a president who possessed this quality, with his well-written speeches and his Fireside Chats. George Bush, on the other hand is a good example of a president who did not possess this quality in any capacity. He did not follow conventions of predecessors and eventually was met with defeat.
The next quality described is “organizational capacity.” This quality describes the ability of a president to create a team who will work well together and be able to help him create have effective term. Eisenhower is a good example of a …show more content…
It is, in fact, intertwined with several of the other presidential qualities described by Greenstein. Cognitive style determines whether a president will be able to effectively communicate, carry out effective meetings and envision policies, among other things. Cognitive style plays an enormous role in how the president will make decisions. An ill-suited cognitive style would be a president such as Truman, who appeared uninformed. This is contrasted by a good Cognitive style such as Nixon who went into office seemingly very informed and was able to accomplish much in just his first
Debating Democracy
The founding fathers viewed the president as a constitutional officer who was immune to public pressure. This view differs from the way modern presidents view themselves. They convey themselves as only elected official who is truly of the people. To the people, the president is a democratic figure who stands for the nation and its history.
In his article Lessons From the Modern Presidency, Fred Greenstein provides readers with six qualities of presidents that affect their performance in office.
The first of Greenstein's qualities is “effectiveness as a public communicator.” This quality is exactly what the wording would indicate. This quality is directly related to the president’s experience being a public official. Roosevelt is perhaps the best example of a president who possessed this quality, with his well-written speeches and his Fireside Chats. George Bush, on the other hand is a good example of a president who did not possess this quality in any capacity. He did not follow conventions of predecessors and eventually was met with defeat.
The next quality described is “organizational capacity.” This quality describes the ability of a president to create a team who will work well together and be able to help him create have effective term. Eisenhower is a good example of a …show more content…
It is, in fact, intertwined with several of the other presidential qualities described by Greenstein. Cognitive style determines whether a president will be able to effectively communicate, carry out effective meetings and envision policies, among other things. Cognitive style plays an enormous role in how the president will make decisions. An ill-suited cognitive style would be a president such as Truman, who appeared uninformed. This is contrasted by a good Cognitive style such as Nixon who went into office seemingly very informed and was able to accomplish much in just his first