Problems in Moving from Running to Transition to Governing

(or the good news and bad news is that you won)

The gap between expectations and performance can be seen as a list of problems faced in different mixtures by all new modern presidents.

·       Promises problem

·       Running on generalities and governing on specifics problem

·       Projected hopes problem

·       The outsider problem

·       The ethics and no lobbyists allowed problem

·       The appointments problem

·       The mandate problem

·       The priorities problem

·       The zealous supporters and interest groups that supported you problem

·       The bureaucracy problem

·       The presidential system/independent branches problem

·       The too many roles/hats problem

·       The “court politics” problem

·       The press problem

·       The time problem

·       The learning on the job problem

·       The formal powers problem