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President ial elections. So were going to start with this, and im calling on the work of Professor Robert dallick, a well known historian. He writes the 20th century saw an unprecedented expansion of president ial powers, primarily due to the vision and leadership skills of nine men, who served in the office. Theodore roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, harry s. True man, dwight eisenhower, john f. Kennedy, banes johnson, Richard Nixon and ronald reagan. Now, the professors analysis only looks at the 20th century. Im going to throw in some of the president s from the 21st century as we go along. So if we can go to the first slide. The professor talks about these six points. The first one he says is vision. The second is charisma. Im going to go back and talk about these. The second is charisma, the third in pragmatism. Well move to the next slide. The fourth is consensus building, followed by trust or credibility, luck, and then im going to throw in, which is on the last sli
Factors that are considered when we look at president ial effectiveness. The second part id like to look at a few of the more recent president ial elections. We are going to start with this and i am calling on the work of professor robert. A wellknown president ial historian. He writes, the 20th century sought an unprecedented expansion of president ial powers. Primarily due to the division and leadership skills. Nine men who served in the office. Theodore roosevelt, woodrow wilson, Franklin Delano roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, john f. Kennedy, lyndon bains johnson, Richard Nixon and ronald reagan. Now professor deluxe analysis only looks at the 20th century. Im going to throw in some of the president s from the 21st century as we go along. If we can go to the first slide. Professor dally talks about the six points. The first one he says is his vision. Then the second second is charisma third is pragmatism. The fourth is consensus building followed by trust their credibil
The first has to do with the factors that are considered when we look at president ial effectiveness. The second part id like to look at, a few of the more recent president ial elections. So, were going to start with this. Im calling on the work of Professor Robert dallek, wellknown president ial historian. Dallek writes, th 20th century saw an impressive expansion of president ial powers, due to the leadership skills of nine men who served in the office theodore roosevelt, woodrow wilson, frank lynn delano roosevelt, harry s truman, dwight d eisenhower, john f. Kennedy, Lyndon Baines johnson, richard nixon, and ronald reagan. Now, professor dalles now professor deluxe analysis only looks at the 20th century. Im going to throw in some of the president s from the 21st century as we go along. So, if we can go to the first slide, professor dallek talks about these six points. The first one, he says, is vision. The second is charisma. The third is pragmatism. Welll move onto the next slide
And historian discusses his book an uncommon man, triumph of Herbert Hoover. Richard norton smith, why did you call your book that you wrote 35 years ago uncommon man . Well, its taken, actually, from the title of a relatively famous hoover speech about the uncommon man. Remember, Vice President henry wallace, who was the second of fdrs Vice President s, gave a famous speech in 1942, i believe, maybe43, about the century of the common man. And wallace, from a left of center perspective, was projecting, in effect, the goals and ambitions of the generation that was fighting world war ii. And it wasnt enough simply to defeat the nazis,c at home, a true democracy. A place where the common man would finally come into his own. And hoover approached this from a different place on the political spectrum. He was, in effect, making the case for what we might call a meritocracy. But something to say, that i shouldnt paraphrase it, but, you know, when you get sick, you want an uncommonly skillful