This is something that I've been saying to my friends and family for years. Presidents are figureheads of government that use their persona to lead Congress and the people in the direction that their party wants the country to go. They have very little real power themselves. There have been few presidents in history that have the personality profile that is necessary for a great leader. JFK and Roosevelt were two Democrats that come quickly to mind, even though I didn't agree with all they did I still respect the dynamics of their leadership. Ronald Reagan is the first in my mind on the
Republican side. He is still much vilified buy my Dad as that "actor SOB", but I can think of no one that projected the kind of leadership he did. He maybe bullied Congress, but the goal is to get what you want done accomplished. Who else could have got Soviet Union to take down the Berlin wall? Billy Carter, Bill Clinton, me thinks not.