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This 3 page paper focuses on the use of persuasion by presidents. Neustadt's ideas are discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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that perhaps he does not have what it takes to be president of the United States. Hillary Clintons campaign recently released a "3 A.M. phone call" advertisement suggesting that Obama
is not equipped to handle emergencies. However, what Obama has that many of the other candidates do not is the power of persuasion. Obama after all is an attorney and
he is very persuasive and inspirational. Obama is just one example of someone who could be president and be powerful in the role due to his persuasive skills. There have
been actual presidents who have used the power of persuasion to achieve greatness such as Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton. What is this presidential persuasion and
why is it so powerful? Neustadt argues that presidents get what they want with the power of persuasion as opposed to institutional authority or command (Weissert & Weissert, 2006).
Other theorists have agreed with this assessment of Neustadts. For example, Elmer Cornwell claimed that the president acquires leverage indirectly and this is largely due to the art of persuasion
(Shapiro, Kumar & Jacobs, 2000). Neustadt (2008) explains that the power to persuade is actually the power to bargain where both authority and status provide bargaining advantage. The U.S. has
a government where there is a sharing of power (Neustadt, 2008). That is, there is a separation of powers. The president only holds so much. The president is of course
the Commander in Chief and when it comes to international relations, he or she can decide to pick up the phone and discuss anything at all with another president. That
is quite a powerful role. At the same time, within Congress, the president only has so much authority in terms of seeing a bill pass or not. Yet, a good
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