The American President: The Balance of Power

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The final episode examines presidential leadership in an era of an increasingly divided government. The American presidency was conceived as one part of a larger system of institutions, and its effectiveness rests in part upon a good measure of cooperation among the branches. The presidents arrayed in this episode (James Madison, James Polk, William Howard Taft, Bill Clinton) suggest four different conceptions of governance within a constitutionally structured balancing act.
“The American President” is a series that aired on PBS in 2000 profiling 41 U.S. chief executives, using exclusive interviews with Presidents Clinton, Bush, Ford, and Carter. Well-known figures lend their voice to presidents of the past who lived before sound recordings, including: Colin Powell, Bob Dole, Walter Cronkite, Ben Bradlee, John Glenn, James Carville, Andrew Young, and the Rev. Billy Graham. Narrated by Hugh Sidey.
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Chapter Markers:
James Madison - Creating The Balance 1809-1817 (0:50)
James K. Polk - Young Hickory 1845-1849 (11:07)
William Howard Taft - A Balancing Act 1909-1913 (22:15)
Bill Clinton - Second Chances 1993-2001 (33:51)
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@uncommon_name9337 9 ай бұрын

Great documentary

@robertmoir5695 5 ай бұрын

I enjoy documentaries Uncommon Name 9337 but not about Bill Clinton nor about Obama and not about Joe Biden Good day

@isar-wd9px 5 ай бұрын

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@user-sf6bj4ug8z 9 ай бұрын

Bravissime 👍 👏👏👏

@Slimpickinsorl 8 ай бұрын

We’ve had some good presidents. Flawed but decent human beings.

@streetglideyp2375 4 ай бұрын

I think very flawed would be more aplicable in this case snow flake

@randombrokeperson 3 ай бұрын

LOL you’re so funny!

@patrickmaxey5492 8 ай бұрын

Amazing documentary

@thattimestampguy Ай бұрын

0:01 0:23 Episode 10: Balance of Power _Creating The Balance_ 0:42 James Madison 1813-1817 “If men were angels…” 1:37 James Madison, very bright man. Synthesized ideas. 1:57 Richard E. Neustadt. *Creating The 3 Branches of America’s Government* 🇺🇸 2:09 Continental Congressman 2:34 Summer of 1786, to 3:05 Philadelphia in 1787 4:27 Bill of Rights! 5:06 The Constitution was signed ✍🏼 6:10 George Washington’s Cabinet Member *James Madison As President* 6:17 James Madison *The Balance of Power - Concluding Statements* 7:48 The White House 🏠 9:33 Balance of Power 10:12 Seeking Middle Ground *James K. Polk* 10:42 James K. Polk 1845-1849 Loyal, Hardworking Jacksonian Staunch Democrat Manifest Destiny 11:45 Young Hickory’s desire to Annex Texas *Election of 1844* 12:44 May 10th, 1844 13:14 James K. Polk didn't know he would be The Democrat Party Nominee. 13:47 Young Hickory. He was 49 Years Old. 14:07 Samuel Morse typed out Polk's Inaugural Address in Morse Code. *Manifest Destiny* 15:27 Manifest Destiny 16:04 The Mexican-American War. 16:26 17:03 17:12 Saturday, May 9th, 1846. 17:33 The Mexican Army had attacked American Soldiers. 18:06 Polk's Armies bludgeoned Mexico. 18:45 America obtains California and The American Southwest. 19:13 Polk won through Conquest and Treaty and Payment of $15 Million Dollars. 19:48 Polk did alot. *Polk departs The Presidency* 20:16 20:43 James K. Polk destroyed his health in the 4 years as President 21:12 Seriously ill, and dying. *William Howard Taft* 21:45 William Howard Taft. 22:26 Paddle my own canoe. 22:50 He was enormous! A Thoroughly nice man. 23:14 He was not a politician. *Early Life* 23:28 24:00 Solicitor General, Circut Court Judge. 24:20 Helen Taft. 24:40 Theodore Roosevelt's Secretary of War. 25:16 1908 Roosevelt pushes for Taft to win The Presidency. *The William Howard Taft Presidency* 25:40 25:58 The William Howard Taft Presidency 26:59 Richard E. Neustadt 27:58 Roosevelt’s criticisms hurt Taft’s feelings 29:23 Taft vs Roosevelt 30:02 Drama 30:36 Taft was not a politician 31:31 Taft 32:15 Dignity 32:34 Balance *Bill Clinton* 46:46 47:17 Personality, Conquered all kinds of doubts about him. 47:47 The Senate did not convict Bill Clinton of the charges. 48:17 The Power of The People; 48:30 Certain Rules of Conduct. Nobody Gets out for Free. 48:50 The American People gave me a second chance. 49:12 Asking For Forgiveness in Public. Focusing on The Big Things. 49:47 The Only Democrat to be re-elected since FDR. 50:13 From Nixon on, every president attracts the serious intent of political opponents in tearing down and pushing him towards Resignation. 50:43 Fixed Term --> Unfixed Term since Richard Nixon. 51:08 Incentives to Shorten The Term. *Concluding Statements - The American President* 🇺🇸 51:31 The Presidency, well into it's 3rd century, is not the same as it once was. 51:42 Our early presidents worked virtually alone, with a single secretary or two, paid out of their own pocket. 51:51 Today the White House staff numbers more than 500. 51:56 All together the executive branch consists of almost 2 Million. 52:01 From Humble Beginnings, an almost baffling complexity has arisen. 52:08 A Single Person who must shoulder The Office. 52:15 However he, someday she, 52:20 Whether through Heroism or Compromise 52:23 Through Family Ties or Through Happenstance. 52:28 Through Political Savvy or Passionate Vision. 52:32 Or Lonely Integrity. *The American President* 52:35 Each inherits and builds upon the works of his predecessors. 52:40 Bringing to bear talents, and also human flaws, 52:45 and sometimes a rare capacity to rise to greatness. 52:49 These individuals together, embody The American President. 52:59 Credits

@timothysworld1028 3 ай бұрын

Yeah William Howar Taft

@ServantoftheDivine1701 7 ай бұрын

I’m at 18:46 and predicting FDR is in this one

@williamsnyder5616 5 ай бұрын

One wonders if the almost heroic words at the end of the documentary would have been spoken if the President's termhad ended in 2020.

@kidmohair8151 9 ай бұрын

the Tonkin Gulf incident... of 1846. the US has a habit of manufacturing "justifications" for war. doesn't it.

@petervance6777 6 ай бұрын

I believe the gulf of Tonkin resolution was 1964 in the congress 🥴

@petervance6777 6 ай бұрын

ur thinking of Mexican war 1846-48👌

@RicardoGarcia-uw6cr 6 ай бұрын

But the sentiment remains .. False Flag Operations have been used throughout history in order to garner public support for war..

@familykaplan1341 5 ай бұрын

For Wall Street 😊

@tahoetom9932 9 ай бұрын

The balance of power or the abuse of power?

@TyroneNorwood 6 ай бұрын

Now I understand better how we got Trump and MAGA. This partisan politics started with Clinton.

@bobblueford Ай бұрын

Yes. Clinton was actually doing what Republicans always claimed they would do, but never did any of it. He humiliated them in front of the whole country. But instead of accepting it and forging a relationship with the Democrats, they decided to become the enemy of the people.

@jimreily7538 Ай бұрын

Exactly. It started with the ruthlessness and ultimately fruitless Troopergate investigation in which Republicans coaxed, coerced and threatened people with jail time, to get the answers they want. They actually did throw a few people in jail on minor charges but said they were in jail for child related issues, and so obviously the poor inmates, who had done nothing but been convicted by Republican judges at the behest of Republican lawyers from Washington who went down to Arkansas at the start of Clinton's term, to try to dig up dirt on the President they despised. It just got worse and worse and almost through all of Clinton's presidency these jackals were hounding him, looking for the most minor of offenses which they could use to get him. Then it just got worse and worse. Heritage Foundation, Richard Melon Scaife (a billionaire in the node of the Koch brothers), and a host of other billionaires lied, cheated and stole. It's the same way they pushed people to vote for or support the Iraq War.

@djschumacher8012 10 күн бұрын

If one looks back through history, from the early presidency partisanship was rife, for example the federalists v state's rights "battles". An informed person would be unlikely to seriously consider Bill Clinton nearly 200 years later, was the cause. Just my view on the topic.

@gregorydefeo7369 9 ай бұрын

Sounds like Polk=Putin?

@CJ87317 4 ай бұрын

What the documentary doesn't say is that Britain (and to a lesser extent Russia) was also eyeing much of Mexico's territory as well for the Asia markets, etc.. (A larger British flotilla of ships stood off the coast of modern day California than American ships waiting for orders to take it) Polk was very concerned they were going to beat him to the punch.