‘Presidential careers can never live up to expectations.’ Discuss
The president of the United States of America is seen as the most important man in America by everyone and especially the media, the president is seen to be the spokesperson and represent the whole country. He has many important functions as president such as being commander in chief, legislator, chief executive and many other functions. But due to the nature of the US federalist system and other factors like the high expectations which presidents face because the little resources they have to carry their functions out, the president faces many constraints which stop him from carrying out these functions and because of this many presidents face criticism from the American people and especially the media who criticise the president for not carrying out his functions and living up to their full expectations.
To understand why the president cannot live up to their expectations can be said due to the constraints which it face because of the power of congress. We know that president is able to appoint individuals to the executive branch and nominate all federal judges which helps him choose suitable candidates to which well help him to run the country more efficiently and help pass bills but because of congress power of being able to confirm the appointment of the president sometimes the president cannot carry out this function and this stops him from carrying out his job. An example of this can be seen from the appointment of Robert Bork by President Ronald Regan, this appointment was denied by congress as Bork was seen as too conservative, this is just one example of how president cannot carry out its job due to the power of congress and because of this the president is not able to carry out its expectation as he is now allowed to pick the most suitable candidate for the job who will help carry out his job better. Additionally congress also stops the president from carrying out its job which stops...