Samantha Jo Paramino
Mr. Wells
American Government
10 December 2016
Evolution of the Presidency Today’s Presidency is drastically different than when President George Washington was first elected at the end of 1700s. Over the past two hundred and twenty eight years we have had many Presidents in office. Some have been highly praised, some have had to overcome adversity, and some have been corrupt. Do to our changing times the Presidency has had to change and adapt to the ever altering world. In response to these changes and demands our highest office of government has evolved. The President has gained more power and expanded to greater depths over the years. The first three Presidents Washington, Adams and Jefferson helped shape and form …show more content…
This grants the President the power to veto any legislation, any bill that is to be voted on has to be sent to the President for review (UShistory.org). Though Congress has ways to go around the President to get bill passed to turn into laws (UShistory.org). If the bill were to sit on the President’s desk for more than ten days without him signing or vetoing then the bill becomes a law (UShistory.org). Congress can also over throw the President’s veto by a two-thirds vote …show more content…
Even in the Presidencies of Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt saw the benefits of mass communication to the people (The Rhetorical Presidency). That now has become an important asset of the Presidential office (The Rhetorical Presidency). Prior to the mass media age the Presidential office was strictly constitutional (The Rhetorical Presidency). The American people thought that if the President was not charismatic, well-spoken and didn’t deliver his views well that he was perceived as a bad president (The Rhetorical Presidency). President Ronald Reagan was considered a good President because he was a popular leader and a “great communicator” (The Rhetorical Presidency). President Reagan used to his advantage a weekly radio addresses as well as television addresses (The Rhetorical Presidency). Presidents have been able to claim national power by being on all media forms, some examples would be the World Wide Web, new publications and even Twitter now a days. To allow them the ability to come across as an everyday person allowing the American people a more personal view point of the President. Such as the Obama Presidency, the people of the United States have been able to follow him and his family and have watched them and connected with them on a personal
Mr. Wells
American Government
10 December 2016
Evolution of the Presidency Today’s Presidency is drastically different than when President George Washington was first elected at the end of 1700s. Over the past two hundred and twenty eight years we have had many Presidents in office. Some have been highly praised, some have had to overcome adversity, and some have been corrupt. Do to our changing times the Presidency has had to change and adapt to the ever altering world. In response to these changes and demands our highest office of government has evolved. The President has gained more power and expanded to greater depths over the years. The first three Presidents Washington, Adams and Jefferson helped shape and form …show more content…
This grants the President the power to veto any legislation, any bill that is to be voted on has to be sent to the President for review (UShistory.org). Though Congress has ways to go around the President to get bill passed to turn into laws (UShistory.org). If the bill were to sit on the President’s desk for more than ten days without him signing or vetoing then the bill becomes a law (UShistory.org). Congress can also over throw the President’s veto by a two-thirds vote …show more content…
Even in the Presidencies of Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt saw the benefits of mass communication to the people (The Rhetorical Presidency). That now has become an important asset of the Presidential office (The Rhetorical Presidency). Prior to the mass media age the Presidential office was strictly constitutional (The Rhetorical Presidency). The American people thought that if the President was not charismatic, well-spoken and didn’t deliver his views well that he was perceived as a bad president (The Rhetorical Presidency). President Ronald Reagan was considered a good President because he was a popular leader and a “great communicator” (The Rhetorical Presidency). President Reagan used to his advantage a weekly radio addresses as well as television addresses (The Rhetorical Presidency). Presidents have been able to claim national power by being on all media forms, some examples would be the World Wide Web, new publications and even Twitter now a days. To allow them the ability to come across as an everyday person allowing the American people a more personal view point of the President. Such as the Obama Presidency, the people of the United States have been able to follow him and his family and have watched them and connected with them on a personal