David Green (I believe he is a Harvard professor) wrote "Eyewitness to
Power". In that book, he characterizes the presidents from Nixon to
Clinton and a number of important or key dimensions. I would like to
know how the dimensions compare/relate with one another. Not only
that, but how will our president (G.W. Bush) learn from these key
classification (both the positive and negative ones) in the book and
attempt to make his presidency more successful that that of his
father?
Take into consideration: George H.W. Bush focused more on foreign
policies than domestic ones. He would personally call up foreign
leaders and take to them. I would assume that making connections and
being in their good favor would help his foreign agenda. However, his
domestic policies were passive, to say the least. As a result, his
approval rating drastically fell while in office.
The son and current president, George W. Bush did not want to repeat
his father's presidency; he wanted to be hands on in the domestic
affairs. 9/11 changed all this and obviously forced him into much
foreign policy making etc.

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Request for Question Clarification by politicalguru-ga on 31 Mar 2006 09:13 PST

I don't understand the question: "Not only that, but how will our
president (G.W. Bush) learn from these key classification (both the
positive and negative ones) in the book and attempt to make his
presidency more successful that that of his father" - why do you
assume he will learn from it? Or do you mean, how could he change?

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Clarification of Question by shaftymcdougal-ga on 31 Mar 2006 11:08 PST

When I say, "Not only
that, but how will our president (G.W. Bush) learn from these key
classification (both the positive and negative ones) in the book and
attempt to make his presidency more successful that that of his
father?"
I want to know what W. Bush will do in order for his legacy to be a
successful one, based on what the book analyzed the presidents on.