Word: leadership
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Because of these circumstances and as a result of an unsure style of leadership, Carter fell to levels of popularity lower than any other President in the history of polling, despite the absence of any major scandal in his Administration or any international catastrophe. His restrained and at times erratic performance has won him neither personal nor ideological devotion. His political weakness has attracted a large number of challengers in the Republican Party. More important, it has drawn onto the field a reluctant Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the flawed heir of Camelot...
Larger-than-life personalities are highly prized television commodities in this campaign, partly in contrast to Carter's low-keyed approach and partly because of the seemingly insoluble problems the nation faces. Kennedy used the word leadership 17 times in a recent speech in Philadelphia. On the Republican side, former Texas Governor and Nixon Treasury Secretary Connally managed to use the word five times in a 4½-minute television commercial that was aired last week across the nation on CBS at a cost...
Kennedy's lead over Carter is based on the public's perception of his leadership ability. The Yankelovich organization asked voters whether the top candidates "would be very strong Presidents" or "not strong Presidents." The net difference between those measures provides a "leadership scale," which Kennedy dominates with a rating of +42 (56% say he would be a strong President and 14% say he would not). Carter, on the other hand, rates -31 on the scale, the lowest of any candidate in the field. Other figures were...
...that others often know more than he does, sensing the impact of eloquence in the spoken word, understanding that there need be no conflict between morality and great power, acknowledging that people of wealth and position can help the nation, learning that litigating endlessly and sounding nice is not leadership and that preaching can often do more harm than good...
...work in the state house, was less than stellar. Almost half the commission's 19 members dissented on the final report--and the other half quit or were fired. And Timilty has been stressing the "neighborhood" issue, whatever that means. Said one Commission member: "Joe's notion of leadership was you give everybody everything and then they owe you and they'll vote...