Robert E. Denton, Jr., is the W. Thomas Rice Chair and director for the Center for Leader Development at Virginia Tech.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 1 Presidential Character: Does It Really Matter?Chapter 3 2 The Diminished Presidency: Post-ClintonChapter 4 3 The American Presidency: The Job DescriptionChapter 5 4 The American Presidency and Moral LeadershipChapter 6 5 The Case of William Jefferson ClintonChapter 7 6 So, What About George W. Bush?Chapter 8 7 The Presidency, Moral Leadership, and a Government as Good as the American PeopleChapter 9 Selected Bibliography

Political scientists and political communication scholars sometimes forget that the messenger is just as important as the message. Bob Denton has written a thoughtful book, demonstrating that ethos and character matter and that moral presidential leadership is essential for a healthy republic and vibrant democracy. His work harkens back to a presidency that Franklin D. Roosevelt called 'preeminently a place for moral leadership.'

Robert E. Denton, Jr., is the W. Thomas Rice Chair and director for the Center for Leader Development at Virginia Tech.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 1 Presidential Character: Does It Really Matter?Chapter 3 2 The Diminished Presidency: Post-ClintonChapter 4 3 The American Presidency: The Job DescriptionChapter 5 4 The American Presidency and Moral LeadershipChapter 6 5 The Case of William Jefferson ClintonChapter 7 6 So, What About George W. Bush?Chapter 8 7 The Presidency, Moral Leadership, and a Government as Good as the American PeopleChapter 9 Selected Bibliography

Political scientists and political communication scholars sometimes forget that the messenger is just as important as the message. Bob Denton has written a thoughtful book, demonstrating that ethos and character matter and that moral presidential leadership is essential for a healthy republic and vibrant democracy. His work harkens back to a presidency that Franklin D. Roosevelt called 'preeminently a place for moral leadership.'

Robert E. Denton, Jr., is the W. Thomas Rice Chair and director for the Center for Leader Development at Virginia Tech.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 1 Presidential Character: Does It Really Matter?Chapter 3 2 The Diminished Presidency: Post-ClintonChapter 4 3 The American Presidency: The Job DescriptionChapter 5 4 The American Presidency and Moral LeadershipChapter 6 5 The Case of William Jefferson ClintonChapter 7 6 So, What About George W. Bush?Chapter 8 7 The Presidency, Moral Leadership, and a Government as Good as the American PeopleChapter 9 Selected Bibliography

Political scientists and political communication scholars sometimes forget that the messenger is just as important as the message. Bob Denton has written a thoughtful book, demonstrating that ethos and character matter and that moral presidential leadership is essential for a healthy republic and vibrant democracy. His work harkens back to a presidency that Franklin D. Roosevelt called 'preeminently a place for moral leadership.'