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US President and Canadian Prime Ministers

Posted in Institute for Research on Public Policy, Policy Options, Presidents on March 23, 2011| Leave a Comment »

US PRESIDENTS AND CANADIAN PRIME MINISTERS: GOOD VIBES, OR NOT

By Gil Troy and L. Ian MacDonald

Policy Options, March 2011

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OBAMA AT MIDTERM: GRADING ON A PRESIDENTIAL CURVE

Posted in Institute for Research on Public Policy, tagged , on October 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »

By Gil Troy, Institute for Research on Public Policy’s Policy Options, Oct. 2010

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As President Barack Obama endures tough congressional midterm elections, Americans’ volatile national mood and their yearning for leadership could redeem his presidency — or at least win him re-election. The three presidents he most models himself on — Franklin D. Roosevelt, Bill Clinton, and Ronald Reagan — were shellacked in midterm elections before winning re-election — although another president with whom he is compared, Jimmy Carter, lost. History is not destiny.
But there are leadership lessons Obama can learn from his predecessors. À l’approche des élections de mi-mandat qui s’annoncent très rudes pour Barack Obama, l’humeur instable des Américains et leur soif de leadership pourraient racheter sa présidence ou au moins assurer sa réélection. Les trois présidents dont Obama se réclame le plus — Franklin D. Roosevelt, Bill Clinton et Ronald Reagan — avaient en effet pris une raclée au scrutin de mi-mandat avant d’être réélus haut la main. Contrairement à Jimmy Carter, autre président auquel on le compare souvent, qui avait mordu la poussière. L’histoire ne signe pas tous les destins, mais Barack Obama pourrait tirer certaines leçons de l’expérience de ses prédécesseurs.


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