In this Atlantic article, the following is said about elections:
“Selling the voters on the idea that you are better than your opponent requires a different set of skills than achieving your preferred outcome on health-care legislation, where there is not one alternative but a series of alternatives on a series of aspects of the policy. Campaigning requires attack and comparison. Governing requires deliberation, cooperation, negotiation.”
Please comment on this topic given what you know about presidential power, expectations of the president, and the election process. Take a position in response to the comment, substantiating your argument with evidence from readings and/or other reading you may have done that pertains to the topic.
There are a number of ways you might approach the topic, here are three suggestions:
Does the electoral process allow for the election of a “successful” president?
Does the electoral process (in whole or in part) contribute to the so-called “leadership gap,” the gap between expectations and a president’s performance?
How does the electoral process contribute to, or detract from selection of an individual who fulfills the Federalist’s vision of a president responding to concerns about power articulated by the Anti-Federalists?
In (article title) the author argues that…then you can construct a thesis statement in agreement, disagreement, or agreement/disagreement with some of the points made in the article.
