Posted in Leading from the Center, Press, tagged Gil Troy, Leading from the Center on June 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Leading from the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents
Author: Gil Troy
http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=9542&SectionName=Politics&PlayMedia=No
Upcoming Schedule: Sunday, July 6, at 8:45 AM
About the Program
Gil Troy writes that the best American presidents have all been moderates, citing the examples of George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan. He says most presidential candidates pretend to be [...]
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Posted in Leading from the Center, Moderates, tagged Leading from the Center, New America Foundation on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Transcripted from the New America Foundation
It is not easy being a moderate. I have been shamelessly shilling for my book Leading from the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents since launching it last Monday. Correction: I have been constructively engaging in discourse about my latest historical monograph. Sitting in my office in Washington, DC [...]
Posted in Leading from the Center, Press, US Presidential Campaign on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Where
XMRadio, POTUS ’08 channel
When
June 25, 2008
Gil Troy, author of Leading From the Center, will appear on XMRadio POTUS ’08 channel.
Posted in Leading from the Center, Moderates, US Presidential Campaign on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
HNN, June 24, 2008
Despite both presumptive nominees’ rhetoric about center-seeking, if moderates do not figure out how to push from the center for centrist leadership, this campaign will degenerate into another divisive slugfest. We are all well aware of the gravitational physics of American politics, how partisans from the left and the right pull their [...]
Posted in Leading from the Center on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In Person….
Monday, July 7, 2008 @ 7:00 PM Free Event: GIL TROY: LEADING FROM THE CENTER, HARVARD CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY
Washington, Lincoln, Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan – most would agree their presidencies were amongst the most successful in American history. What made these very different men such effective leaders? According to presidential [...]
Posted in Leading from the Center, Reviews on June 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
By JULIA KAMIN
NY Post, June 22, 2008
“Leading From The Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents”
By Gil Troy
Basic Books
Hail compromise! Huzzah negotiation! Purple power!
Four presidential terms of red-blue politics, culture wars, impeachment threats, left-right blogo-sparring, Swift Boaters and Bush-bashers have brought America to perhaps a new high in partisan entrenchment. But, if you believe the [...]
Posted in Leading from the Center, Presidents, US Presidential Campaign on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
HNN, June 19, 2008
As we transition from the primary campaign to the general election, there is a struggle for the souls of both presumptive nominees. Both Barack Obama and John McCain came to national prominence as centrists. Obama seized the lyrical center – Reagan style with a multicultural twist – thanks to his 2004 Democratic [...]
Posted in Leading from the Center, Press, US Presidential Campaign, tagged Cindy McCain, Michelle Obama on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Top Picks : Race for first lady : CTV Newsnet: Gil Troy, presidential historian
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With five months till the presidential election, the spotlight is now on the political wives. Both Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama are trying to court the public but have stereotypes working against them.
CTV Newsnet: Gil Troy, presidential historian, [...]
Posted in Leading from the Center on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MP3 Audio Recording of this Event 10.37 MB
On June 18th the New America Foundation’s Next Social Contract Initiative held a book launch for Professor Gil Troy’s latest book, Leading from the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents. Professor Troy is a history professor at McGill University and a Visiting Scholar at [...]
