What competencies should the President of the United States have? A President needs to get Congress to pass legislation to implement his or her plans. Consequently we gauge their potential success of whether the President’s party has a majority in the House and Senate. Reality is that... frankmcpherson.blog

@frankm Ability to persuade us certainly a desirable characteristic, but so much of the president’s impact these days has become tied up in the executive branch and its administrative discretion. I therefore think that ability to persuade others has become less important than it once was.