Cabinet secretaries may also be too concerned with the wishes of their clientele groups. V. President as national leader A. Presidents carry into office a broad political vision that reflects their ideology and priorities. Once in office, he tried to give life to that the Great Society program. Ronald Reagan - saw government as part of the problem rather than as the solution. Nothing guarantees that he will be successful in getting that agenda through Congress.
Presidents spend considerable time working to get legislation passed in form they want it in.
D. Part of the president's job - lead his party. President as world leader A. President's priority as world leader was to contain communism from 1946 - 1991. B. Presidents entering a new era - more emphasis on managing economic relations with rest of the world. C. Periodically - president faces a grave situation in which conflict is imminent or a small conflict threatens to explode into a larger war. How a president handles such crises can be critical to the success of his presidency.