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Political analysts to discuss early weeks of Bush presidency
Princeton, N.J. -- How has President George W. Bush fared during his first 12 weeks in office? Four noted political analysts will evaluate his record in a roundtable discussion at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12 in Robertson Hall (Dodds Auditorium) on the Princeton University campus.
Despite the troubled 2000 election, Bush "hit the ground with astonish professionalism," said Fred I. Greenstein, chairman of Princeton's Program in Leadership Studies and professor of politics in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. "But more recently, questions have arisen about how effective the new president has been in advancing his ambitious agenda."
The discussion, "The Presidency of George W. Bush: An Early Appraisal," brings together well-known presidential analysts: David Gergen, co-director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and former aide to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton; Ronald A. Heifetz, co-director of the Center for Public Leadership; Barbara Kellerman, executive director of the Center for Public Leadership; and Norman Ornstein, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. Greenstein will moderate the discussion.
The roundtable is co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School Program in Leadership Studies at Princeton University and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University. It is free and open to the public.
Participants:David R. Gergen is co-director of the Center for Public Leadership and a professor of public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. In addition to serving as an adviser to four presidents over three decades, Gergen has been an editor of U.S. News and World Report and a television commentator. He is the author of Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership from Nixon to Clinto, and is active on non-profit boards. Gergen also chairs the National Selection Committee for the Innovations in American Government program co-sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the Kennedy School.
Fred I. Greenstein is a professor of politics at Princeton University and director of the Program in Leadership Studies at the Woodrow Wilson School. Greenstein is a recognized authority on the American presidency and has written or edited eight books on the subject. These include The Presidential Difference, which examines the leadership styles of America's modern presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Bill Clinton; and The Hidden-Hand Presidency, winner of the Louis Brownlow Book Award, a groundbreaking study of Eisenhower's subtle use of political power.
Ronald A. Heifetz, co-director of the Center for Public Leadership and a lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School of Government, works extensively with leaders in government and industry to generate and sustain change across political boundaries and operating units in politics, government, and international business. The author of several books and articles, he recently co-authored Leadership on the Line. Heifetz is a former clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has presented numerous leadership workshops for government, business, education and non-profit agencies including the Federal Reserve Bank, the American Bar Association, the World Economic Forum, and the United Way of Boston.
Barbara Kellerman has served as the executive director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Kennedy School of Government since August of 2000. A Fulbright fellow, Kellerman directed the Center for the Advanced Study of Leadership of the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland. She is the author of numerous books, including Reinventing Leadership: Making the Connection Between Politics and Business. Her articles, columns, and reviews on domestic and foreign affairs have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Globe, among others.
Norman J. Ornstein is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and serves as an election analyst for CBS News. He is leading a coalition of scholars and others in a major effort to reform the campaign financing system. Ornstein also co-directs a multi-year effort, the Transition to Governing Project, to create a better climate for governing in the era of the permanent campaign. A frequent contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, and other major newspapers and magazines, he has co-authored several books, including Debt and Taxes: How America Got Into Its Budget Mess, and How We Can Get Out of It; Intensive Care: How Congress Shapes Health Policy and The Permanent Campaign and Its Future.
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