This study is a revision of my doctoral dissertation written at the University of Virginia. As a student of the American presidency I became interested in how presidential leadership is defined, analyzed and assessed. Students of the presidency spend a great deal of time studying leadership theory and debating the merits of different measures of leadership "success." These students draw inspiration for their ideas from noted presidency scholars such as Edward S. Corwin, Clinton Rossiter, and Richard Neustadt.
This book is intended to open an inquiry into the role of political journalists as public teachers of the presidency. It uncovers some of the underlying notions of leadership held by political journalists by examining national print reporting and commentary on one presidency.
