Opportunity for the nation to imagine itself otherwise. Where the country had an opportunity to leave behind the realitycynd how to organize our society and that each of those moments the country double down. And we saw was some call a backlash. We saw instead was an ongoing betrayal. What we think about the post reconstruction. And a lost cause and that anglosaxon and what it meant for the United States and the world as a betrayal. Think the mid 20th century the black freedom movement, law and order and the tax revolt in california, we need double down on our ugliness and here we are facing a chance to we imagine ourselves. If our history is any indicatio indication. Has there been an arc of progress . Of course. My life is not what my fathers life was and his life is not his fatherss. So what does it mean to suggest we live in the afterlife of jim crow is to suggest there has been and indication of change and i think one way is look at American History ofan democracy in the believe t
Welcome, everyone, to our second class. This is for the people who are here for the first time tonight, the making of the president 2020, better known as the political circus of the century. Im going to be talking about two different and yet related topics 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, and im calling on the work of Professor Robert dahlic, a well known president ial 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 dellano roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, john kennedy, lyndon baynes johnson, Richard Nixon and ronald reagan. Now, professor dahlics analysis only looks at the 20th century. Im going to throw in some
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
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
Prof. Gutin welcome everyone. This is for the people who are here for the first time tonight the making of the president s 2020, better known as a political circus of the century. Im going to be talking about two different, and yet related topics. 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. And im coming on the work of Professor Robert dallek, a wellknown president ial historian. Dallek writes, the 20th century saw an impressive expansion of president ial powers, due to the vision and leadership skills of nine men who served in the office Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano roosevelt, harry s. Truman, dwight d. Eisenhower, john f. Kennedy, Lyndon Baines johnson, richard nixon, and ronald reagan. Now, professor dalleks analysis only looks at the 20th century. Im going to throw in some of the pre