The return of energy: early and effective use of the powers of the office.(Progressivism & The Presidency)
American Prospect, The, August, 2004 by Starr, Paul
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MR, KERRY, AFTER FOUR YEARS OF SLOTHFUL LEADERSHIP, the American people may be ready for the quality that the Framers referred to as "energy in the executive." That energy, of course, can't be solely of your own making. Since the nation's founding, the eras that have decisively advanced democratic purposes have been built around a dynamic interplay of presidential leadership and popular movements.
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The transformational presidents have drawn energy from below even as they created energy of their own. Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and ...
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