21. The president has the power to make treaties but the constitution says only, only if those treaties are approved by two thirds of the senate. 22. General Dwight D Eisenhower, when elected president of the United States, had absolutely zero interest, minus zero interest, in the question of racial integration. 23. Although Mexican governors are popularly elected, presidents have the power in practice to force their removal. 24. Although all presidents have their bad years, Harry Truman was probably the last to sink as low as Clinton in public esteem. 25. Amazing if true, because no previous president ever had to work against a gale of retailed contempt, ridicule and slander as Bill Clinton has had to do. 26. Although Bill Clinton calls public service his only calling, that bear hug with McAuliffe illustrated how the president has mixed money and politics. 27. Although the Kremlin has credited Yeltsin for the bold move into Kosovo, the president himself has yet to comment on the action his troops took. 28. Although the president has no formal role in the constitutional amendment process, his views could influence Congress, specialists said. 29. An American president now has a more diffuse and bewildering job. 30. An American president has no power except his own moral authority, his ability to persuade and set the example. |