In the future, the limits on the presidency will grow stronger not weaker, as every aspect of the president’s conduct in office becomes the focus of ever more relentless scrutiny from the incomparable big brotherhood of the entire citizenry. No longer is it a matter merely of courting a few congressional committee chairmen, dealing with influential groups of Washington political power brokers, and wooing the establishment press. The president must go to the people and woo the entire country.
Predictor: Grossman, Lawrence K.
Prediction, in context:In his 1995 book “The Electronic Republic: Reshaping Democracy in the Information Age,” Lawrence Grossman, former president of NBC News and PBS, writes: ”In the future, the limits on the presidency will grow stronger not weaker, as every aspect of the president’s conduct in office becomes the focus of ever more relentless scrutiny from the incomparable big brotherhood of the entire citizenry. No longer is it a matter merely of courting a few congressional committee chairmen, dealing with influential groups of Washington political power brokers, and wooing the establishment press. The president must go to the people and woo the entire country.”
Biography:Lawrence Grossman wrote the book “The Electronic Republic: Reshaping Democracy in an Information Age” (Penguin, 1995). The former executive at NBC and PBS urged people to realize that digital communications had altered how things can and should be done. (Author/Editor/Journalist.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Global Relationships/Politics
Subtopic: Government
Name of publication: The Electronic Republic (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Chapter 7: The Shape of the Electronic Republic: The Citizens, the Congress, the Presidency, and the Judiciary
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 160
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