Modern Presidency Case Study
Midterm Study Questions
A complete answer will accomplish three objectives: 1) define the central concepts and elaborate their important constituent features, 2) illustrate general points with specific examples or other empirical information (where such information exists), and 3) situate your overall response within the important themes of the course (why should someone care about this question?).
1) Discuss executive prerogative and the salus populi as extra-constitutional inheritances justifying a wide berth for flexible presidential action. How have these Founding Era traditions contributed to the evolution of the modern presidency. (James article)
As the article suggest, one of the dilemmas of modern presidency is that the president …show more content…
In Wilson’s argument, the demagoguery, who motivates by the thirst of personal power, will appeal to the “inclination of the moment” so they will be able to gain dominance through manipulation of the public passion. Naturally, the demagoguery will appeal to the momentary, popular mood or transitory popular passion. On the contrary, the leader, who focuses on fostering the permanent interest of community, will appeal to the firm and durable consensus of the majority. Hence, one will be able to tell whether the leader is a true interpreter or a demagogue through judging the nature of their …show more content…
Next, the presidents are expected to set out their own political agendas. Failure to do so would now be seen as a major deficiency and a weakness in political leadership. Then, the new presidential rhetorical strategy encourages the president to speak directly to the people instead of congress. Finally, the president rely less on reason, argument and evidence to support their persuasion. Instead, they tend to inspire and move the passion of the public to achieve their presidential agenda.
Next, Tulis portraits Theodore Roosevelt's campaign for the Hepburn Act as an effective "middle way" model of presidential leadership. In other words, Tulis is able to moderate the two conflicting norms, the 19th century reserved presidential rhetoric tradition, and the modern practice of popular rhetoric. In particular, Tulis highleights the major virtues of TR's “middle way in his campaign work for the Hepburn Act: moderate use of popular rhetoric, moderate appeals for moderate reform, and most importantly, an appeal to moderate
A complete answer will accomplish three objectives: 1) define the central concepts and elaborate their important constituent features, 2) illustrate general points with specific examples or other empirical information (where such information exists), and 3) situate your overall response within the important themes of the course (why should someone care about this question?).
1) Discuss executive prerogative and the salus populi as extra-constitutional inheritances justifying a wide berth for flexible presidential action. How have these Founding Era traditions contributed to the evolution of the modern presidency. (James article)
As the article suggest, one of the dilemmas of modern presidency is that the president …show more content…
In Wilson’s argument, the demagoguery, who motivates by the thirst of personal power, will appeal to the “inclination of the moment” so they will be able to gain dominance through manipulation of the public passion. Naturally, the demagoguery will appeal to the momentary, popular mood or transitory popular passion. On the contrary, the leader, who focuses on fostering the permanent interest of community, will appeal to the firm and durable consensus of the majority. Hence, one will be able to tell whether the leader is a true interpreter or a demagogue through judging the nature of their …show more content…
Next, the presidents are expected to set out their own political agendas. Failure to do so would now be seen as a major deficiency and a weakness in political leadership. Then, the new presidential rhetorical strategy encourages the president to speak directly to the people instead of congress. Finally, the president rely less on reason, argument and evidence to support their persuasion. Instead, they tend to inspire and move the passion of the public to achieve their presidential agenda.
Next, Tulis portraits Theodore Roosevelt's campaign for the Hepburn Act as an effective "middle way" model of presidential leadership. In other words, Tulis is able to moderate the two conflicting norms, the 19th century reserved presidential rhetoric tradition, and the modern practice of popular rhetoric. In particular, Tulis highleights the major virtues of TR's “middle way in his campaign work for the Hepburn Act: moderate use of popular rhetoric, moderate appeals for moderate reform, and most importantly, an appeal to moderate