Re: Leadership in Politics - Where has it Gone?
You assume that politicians have strong opinions on every issue. Bush came from a border state, he may have mixed ideas of the proper way to handle immigration.
Plus he has limited political capital. He tried to reform social security but the Democrats blocked him. Many presidents retreat into those issues that can be handled in the Executive branch when they fail to have any congressional cooperation.
Checks and balances means that many issues take forever to resolve because you have to get broad agreement to do anything.
How can this change?
Giving the President a filibuster proof Senate is one way. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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