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A president by definition is an individual that is the elected head of a republican state. All countries in this modern era have presidents, prime ministers, or leaders. Unfortunately, not all of them are fit or qualified for acting as a representative of their given republic. Through differentiation, we can determine what a “good” president is qualified. To be a good president one must have intuitive decisiveness and be extremely disciplined because of the wide range of issues they have to…

A president is truly affective when he is able to get his policy agenda through Congress. For him to do this, it is paramount that he has the support from the majority of the public. When a president is unpopular, members of Congress will have little incentive to pass his preferred legislation, since doing so will potentially have negative consequences (i.e. not winning reelection). It is also important that a president be a competent negotiator if he is to get his agenda passed. It would be…

persuasion is the key in succeeding as the President of the United States. However, presidential addresses and speeches do not always help the administration achieve its goals. Various presidents, such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Bill Clinton, invested in their presidential rhetoric by attempting to directly communicate and connect with the American people. However, a President’s power of persuasion is strong only within his own party. When a president intervenes on an issue that is already…

The key to a modern presidents’ success and power, often relies on his relationship with Congress and his ability to influence them. Modern presidents have a much more direct effect on legislation, far from the days of George Washington. Many modern presidents have lacked the true opportunity to maximize their power due to facing congressional grid lock for some period of their term. However, President Trump faces a Republican majority in both houses and the unique opportunity to advance both…

Another reason a president might have been forgotten is because of their terms being cut short either by death, impeachment, and even resignation. While the people may never forget some presidents who’ve terms been cut short like John F. Kennedy who tragically was assassinated while going through a parade or Richard Nixon who had a huge scandal that led to his resignation. Americans have forgotten about William Henry Harrison, James A. Garfield, Zachary Taylor, and Warren G. Harding. The record…

Recently, President Trump’s advisor, Kellyanne Conway coined that phrase in a Meet the Press interview. She was defending the White House Press Secretary, Sean Spicer. A reporter stated that Spicer gave a falsehood about President’s Trump inauguration being one of…

addresses, evaluates, and discusses six different traits and its importance when it comes to running a successful presidency. After reading closely and applying these traits to the performance of our current president, two particular traits stood out and will be discussed as to what extent President Obama has utilized and applied these traits to his presidency. The two traits that I chose to analyze are “Effectiveness as a Public Communicator” and “Vision”. “Effectiveness as a Public…

really don’t have any politicians that I truly admire. I don’t follow politicians too much because I get bored watching some politician talk for like three to four hours or even learn about them. I of course know about the president, but not so much about the vice president or any other politician. I am more interested in learning about technology all the time, I follow what is been created in the technology world and important events that is happening in the technology world. But over the…

Politics Presidents Make, Stephen Skowronek argues that by accurately locating a President in political time it is possible to obtain an understanding of the broad character of a President’s leadership position and a better insight into the opportunities and constraints on leadership that characterize a President’s term of office. In the nature of politics, the ability to define what politics is and have a majority sign on to that interpretation is the center of the politics presidents make. The…

Rhetorical analysis: Political advertisements Presidential campaigns, in most cases, have been characterized by aspects of competition, which in turn has led to formulation and presentation of goals and objectives of each candidate is the most tactful manner. Major common issues are often addresses, such as; poverty levels, economic situation of the nation, unemployment and resource allocation. Standards of living in the United States have faced a major decline since 2010. The 2012 presidential…