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Introduction: The long, declining road
The founders presidency : Washington, Hamilton, and an office of sober expectations
The presidency of popular consent : Thomas Jefferson and the "Revolution of 1800"
Andrew Jackson : "the majority is to govern"
Abraham Lincoln and the "mobocratic spirit"
Woodrow Wilson : "to be as big a man as he can"
FDR and Harry Truman : "give 'em hell"
Ike and Jack : a study in contrasting presidencies
The road to degradation
The apotheosis of the popular presidency : Donald J. Trump
The prospects for renewal.
The founders presidency : Washington, Hamilton, and an office of sober expectations
The presidency of popular consent : Thomas Jefferson and the "Revolution of 1800"
Andrew Jackson : "the majority is to govern"
Abraham Lincoln and the "mobocratic spirit"
Woodrow Wilson : "to be as big a man as he can"
FDR and Harry Truman : "give 'em hell"
Ike and Jack : a study in contrasting presidencies
The road to degradation
The apotheosis of the popular presidency : Donald J. Trump
The prospects for renewal.