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- Title
Assessing context and character.
- Authors
DiClerico, Robert
- Abstract
This article assesses the nature of the electoral victory of U.S. President Bill Clinton, his lack of Washington experience, policy interest and his character. Presidents take office with a certain amount of political capital, which is largely determined by the nature of their electoral victory. Clinton's win provided him with very little capital, particularly for an activist president. He hailed from a relatively small one-party state and was himself without any previous government service in Washington. His staff appointments, however, did not generally compensate for his own deficits. On the contrary, the people around him were for the most part young and bright but with little or no Washington experience. Lastly, Clinton came into the presidency with the public and the press harboring doubts about his character.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CLINTON, Bill, 1946-; PRESIDENTIAL terms of office; PRESIDENTIAL staff; POLICY analysis; PERSONALITY; PRESIDENTS of the United States
- Publication
Society, 1996, Vol 33, Issue 6, p28
- ISSN
0147-2011
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF02701860