An attempt to convert rhetoric into deeds may seem a popular move but is likely to fail in the long run. Yet, unless a president makes the risky and controversial choice of only once, he will achieve nothing. The president's top priority has to be something that truly needs to be done. If it is not highly controversial, it is likely to be the wrong policy. An essential conditions of such objectives is that they should be executed with clarity, speed and precision.
History is replete with such initiatives taken by great men.
Quaid's decision to go for it. Roosevelt's decision to jump into Second World War in spite of domestic opposition. These are such epoch making decisions. Most sure things have a way of creating their own opposition. People do not like appearance of concentration of power.