ntial power to remove personnel is circumscribed by Supreme Court decisions, and civil-service laws protect the tenure of most federal employees. Because the presidency is the foremost prize of American politics, the president is also normally the nation's principal political leader and regarded as the leader of his political party. The president's skills in that task influence the success of the president's party in electing members of Congress and holders of state and local offices. The president chooses the chairperson of the party's national committee and oversees the national committee and the national party bureaucracy. The president seeks to win and maintain the support of state and local party organizations, which in turn can aid in obtaining congressional enactment of the president's programs. Presidents in some instances may persuade candidates to run for national, state, or local office. A popular president is expected to campaign for the party in congressional and other elections and to appear at party fund-raising functions. But a president whose popularity is declining, as President Clinton's was in the fall of 1994, may be shunned by legislators of his party seeking reelection. These are just some of the powers of the president. Is that to much power of one man to have? Or not enough? And with this The president should have the power to do what’s right but not enough to do things that only he things is right. And if congress doesn’t think its ok, they will stop him. ...
