President Clinton’s eight-year term as the president of the United States of America was certainly the most concurrently contentious and effective presidency in America’s history. He was respected for his economic and social policies and received criticism for his moral selections.
I admired his administration strategy, where he used public opinion, mostly during policy and decision making. I decided to choose him since he was the great president for several reasons, his economic policies have been considered as some of the effective policies in American history, which achieved positive revenue.
This means that rather than the country losing money, they obtained money for the first time in the history of the country. Clinton’s term in office is touted by people as a successful mark in the nation’s history for economic success and civil rights. However, I preferred to analyze Clinton’s term since it portrays the qualities of a good presidency and shows more about the rights and freedom of the people (Roark, Johnson and Cohen 45).
Clinton was successful in restructuring the functions and image of the Democratic Party using different approaches which challenged efficiently the alleged Reagan Revolution. His ‘New Democratic Party’ drafted in Reagan appeal to welfare reforms, individualism, and law and order, and created Democratic Party more appealing and helpful to both black and white Americans (Ogletree 857).
Simultaneously, the new system of the party maintained traditional democratic obligations of supporting the underprivileged, helping women and minorities, protecting the market and using his government to improve the economic developments. Furthermore, Clinton took advantage of the increasing discontent with far right-wing radicalism within his opponents, the Republican Party.
However, Clinton claimed that the permanent and optimistic legacy for the Democratic Party had been harshly weakened by two factors. These factors are a failure by former Vice President Al Gore, Clinton’s potential successor, in the 2000 presidential election and the change in power of Congress to the Republican Party. Therefore, Clinton’s partisan legacy became vague and more complicated, which made him more successful and respected president.
Moreover, Clinton’s administration will be analyzed and assessed relative to its significant domestic achievements. Some of these domestic achievements are the removal of deficit and managing the sturdiest economy in the current history. Even though the partisan debate is there concerning the level to which the 1990’s boom may be attributed to him, the ordinary analysis now seems to offer great recognition to Clinton and his administration (Greenstein 593).
These efforts facilitated an era of assurance in the finance markets and what is uncertain is whether this huge economic achievement will be of great importance in the decision of the future historians, who seem to examine Presidents more in lasting agendas than on the value of their finances.
Clinton’s failure to succeed that encounter can hence emerge to be bigger in the judgment of history than the achievements of the economy that profited the people of his regime. This can be seen from Clinton’s presidency because President George Bush took over from him and changed the country’s economic situation from incomparable surpluses to incomparable deficits.
For foreign policy, there are mix records of President Clinton. He was successful in attaining is the mission of setting an environment for the people living in America in which international economic pressures was not successful in valuing national boundaries. Most of his achievements appeared in economic globalization by implementing numerous new systems of free trade.
Additionally, Clinton and the Rubin Treasury Department provided support for several economic disasters in the developing countries, but the difficulties of the currency issues in East Asia and Mexico can deny recognition to his administration that truly deserves for addressing these issues.
Several Americans were not aware or did not understand precisely what was at risk in these strange currency interventions. However, the people, who always analyze effectively, assert that the exercise of resourceful and independent executive influence in the Mexican peso catastrophe, congressional management declined to offer legislative assistance, was one of the President Clinton’s brightest period.
It may be apparent from the administration of Clinton’s successor that any damage he did to the body of the presidency was reasonably too little, as President George Bush has accumulated an unexpected level of power in the institution of the presidency. However, the harm which Clinton’s position did in history is very distinct and perhaps enduring.
Future historians are expected to analyze not only what Clinton accomplished, but also what he did not achieve since he was engaged in a second-term effort for political endurance. It is this reflection of ‘what might have been’ that may be his biggest barrier to obtain historical importance due to his achievements and recognition in American history (Roark, Johnson and Cohen 45).
The leadership lessons, extracted from Clinton’s presidency, are not only important to the Americans, but also to the international leaders and historians. Generally, he employed delegate representation by allowing Americans to provide their opinions before implementing policies or making any decisions.
Clinton made use of opinion polls since they are effective in obtaining the views of the people and these allow them to be part of the decision-making. A leader should implement a strategy to administer within the political setting and this can be taken from Clinton’s strategy of selecting to govern by following what appears naturally. Clinton’s management is an important and constructive example of the public and natural presidency, which every president must implement.
Works Cited
Greenstein, Fred. “The Presidential Leadership Style of Bill Clinton: An Early Appraisal.” Political Science Quarterly 108.4 (2003): 589-601. Print.
Ogletree, Charles. “Personal and Professional Integrity in the Legal Profession: Lessons from President Clinton and Kenneth Starr.” Washington and Lee Law Review 56.3 (1999): 851-870. Print.
Roark, James, et al. The American Promise: A Compact History. 4th ed. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2009. Print.