The president is also the chief campaigner and fundraiser for his party. He names the national chairperson and usually exerts a great deal of influence over the national party machinery. The president's control over his party is limited, however, by the decentralized nature of American politics. Congressional members of the president's party can oppose his programs, and he has few sanctions to use against them. He has no power to refuse members of Congress the party's nomination, or to keep them from reaching positions of power in Congress through seniority.
Presidents also vary in how much they wish to be involved in their party's affairs.
President Carter was often criticized for not strengthening the party, whereas President Clinton has kept close control of the Democratic party organization. In fact, President Clinton was considerably weakened by his party's 1994 losses in congressional and state offices. Approaching reelection he made a visible effort to detach his own polices from those of his unpopular party's officeholders. End of reading passage. Compare and contrast Write a paper contrasting the six roles of the President of The United States.