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...find the keys to presidential temperament, our assistant managing editor Michael Duffy, along with Lisa Todorovich from the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, organized a roundtable of presidential historians: Richard Norton Smith, who has run five presidential libraries, Beverly Gage of Yale, and David Coleman and Russell Riley of the Miller Center. Excerpts from their conversation follow Nancy Gibbs' wise and penetrating cover story. You can listen to the whole thing on TIME.com...
TIME recently gathered four presidential historians--George Mason University's Richard Norton Smith, Yale University's Beverly Gage, and Russell Riley and David Coleman of the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia--to discuss presidential temperament: what it is, who had it and how much it matters in the White House. An excerpt of their conversation...
...Gage: What people are trying to get at when they use the word temperament is something along the lines of instinct--how someone approaches a situation and particularly, I think, how someone approaches a crisis...
...afford the electric bills. And yet the historians sitting around the table are more comfortable with ambiguity than is a voter heading into the booth. Even in crisis, they say, there is no perfect presidential temperament. "You want the right blend of confidence and humility," argues Yale historian Beverly Gage. "And you want someone who has the confidence to make big decisions, to act in crisis, but who also has the humility to listen to other people, to be flexible in those moments. So when does confidence become arrogance, and when does humility become insecurity and inability to make decisions...
...know that we can compete on that level is pretty remarkable.”Coach Kevin Rhoads echoed his captain’s feelings, describing the weekend as “uncharted territory” for the Harvard squad.“It was a chance for us to gage where we are in the greater scheme of things,” Rhoads said. “Looking at our talent level and technique we stack up quite well.”Junior Emily Balmert again led the way for the Crimson, playing three solid rounds of golf...