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Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents - George Washington to Barack Obama (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents - George Washington to Barack Obama (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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In an era of extremist politics, Gil Troy argues, moderation and
moderate leaders are needed more than ever. Challenges like
managing the debt, preserving the environment, fighting terrorism,
improving education—in short, protecting America today and
building toward tomorrow—require the kind of consensus that can
only come from leaders who seek the centre. As Troy reminds us, the
election of Barack Obama in 2008 seemed to presage such a shift.
Nearly four years later, however, political moderation remains as
elusive as ever. Troy champions the presidencies of George
Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan. They succeeded not
because of their bold political visions, he argues, but because of
their moderation. The great presidents of American history have
always sought a golden mean—from George Washington, who
brilliantly mediated between the competing visions of Jefferson and
Hamilton; to Abraham Lincoln, who rescued the union with his
principled pragmatism; to the two Roosevelts, Theodore and
Franklin, who united millions of Americans with their powerful,
affirmative, nationalist visions; to the bracing can-do optimism of
Kennedy and Reagan. Troy explains how presidents can both hew to
the center and address important political challenges. By his
reckoning, the best presidents have exercised “muscular
moderation.” In his afterword Troy cogently critiques President
Obama’s fraught evolution from a “Magic Moderate” deeply
committed to extending his election night civility as widely as
possible to his gradual realisation that a much more muscular
moderation would be required. Obama’s increasingly tough-minded
and much less forgiving rhetoric might not immediately heal the
scars from our polarised politics but might be necessary in the
short run. Troy underscores in this new edition that moderation
must be restored or greatness—for our presidents and our
nation—will likely be denied. First time in paperback. Originally
published as Leading from the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best
Presidents.
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