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THE AUTHORS ATTEMPT TO DEFINE THE ELUSIVE PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP STYLE OF GEORGE BUSH.

THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE US PRESIDENCY UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION AND THE CONCEPTION OF THE PRESIDENCY AT THE 1787 CONVENTION.

THE FEDERALIST USES THE TERM "LEADERSHIP" IN A PRECISE, IDIOSYNCRATIC SENSE. IT MEANS PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY DEMAGOGIC ACTION TO ACHIEVE POLITICAL RECOGNITION FOR ONE'S OWN EXCELLENCE. LEADERSHIP MOST POWERFULLY OPPOSES THAT RECOGNITION FOR OTHERS; IT IS BASED ON REVOLUTIONARY OR ANTINOMIAN DISSATISFACTION. IT IS A POSITIVE QUALITY WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IN POWER DOES NOT, IN TRUTH, PROTECT THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS. HENCE, THE FEDERALIST PRAISES THE LEADERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. LEADERSHIP IS A NEGATIVE QUALITY IN THE CONTEXT OF A GOOD CONSTITUTION. HENCE IN ITS PARTISANSHIP, ON BEHALF OF THE CONSTITUTION, THE FEDERALIST DISPLAYS HOSTILITY TOWARD IT AND EXPLAINS HOW THE CONSTITUTION WORKS TO CONTAIN IT. THE FEDERALIST IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY, IN SHOWING THAT LEADERSHIP WORKS PRIMARILY TO DESTROY GOOD GOVERNMENT, WHATEVER ITS FORM. CONTEMPORARY PARTISANSHIP ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP IS AT HEART ANTI-CONSTITUTIONAL AND PRODUCTIVE OF REPEATED POLITICAL FAILURES.

COUNSELLOR TO THE PRESIDENT, EDWIN MEESE, ANSWERS QUESTIONS RELATED TO HIS PAPER IN THE SPRING 1983 ISSUE OF PSQ. THE ROLE WHICH THE ABILITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO CHANGE OR TO FORMULATE THE INSTITUTIONAL PRESIDENCY AROUND HIS STYLE IS DISCUSSED WITH REGARDS TO JIMMY CARTER, AND RICHARD NIXON. THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE IMAGE OF RICHARD NIXON IS IMPROVING WITH TIME IS ALSO DISCUSSED.

THE AUTHOR ENDEAVORS TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF MITTERAND'S PRESIDENCY ON FRENCH POLITICS AND FRENCH SOCIALISM. BUT SUCH AN ASSESSMENT IS INEVITABLY A PARTIAL AND INTERIM REPORT, BECAUSE THE FULL IMPACT OF SEVERAL SOCIALIST REFORMS (NOTABLY THOSE CONCERNING DECENTRALIZATION AND WORKERS' RIGHTS) WILL ONLY BECOME APPARENT AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF IMPLEMENTATION.