In their book Presidential Greatness political scientists Marc Landy and Sidney Milkis argue that the success of a president rests on his ability to “engage the nation in its struggle for its constitutional soul.” Moreover, they posit that a great president is he who is able to “stage a conservative revolution” that brings about change and establishes a lasting legacy. A “conservative revolution” in this context is to be understood as significant progress within the bounds of the Constitution and not as a political ideology in itself. Formulated and published at the very turn of the 21st century, these standards of greatness are perhaps more valid today as they have ever been in the history of the United States. And as America stands in the threshold of the Trump Era, we hope that the incoming president meets, at least halfway, the measure of the stature of the aforementioned standards. Whereas Donald Trump was able to effectively engage the...(Read Full Article)