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A question of presidential leadership
By David Gergen and Andy Zelleke Op-Ed originally appeared in the Boston Globe

David Gergen Signs Up with CNN as Senior Political Analyst
Television anchor Anderson Cooper announced last night that David Gergen of the Harvard Kennedy School has signed up with CNN to become a "Senior Political Analyst."

David Gergen Now Blogging on the Anderson Cooper 360 Blog
Several times each week, David will share his thoughts on the latest political news on the Anderson Cooper blog, www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper…

The Spirit of Teamwork
On November 12, 2007, David Gergen's essay, "The Spirit of Teamwork," appeared as part of the America's Best Leader's special issue of US News & World Report.

Center for Public Leadership Releases 3rd Annual National Leadership Index
Americans are alarmed about the quality of their leaders and concerned about the country’s future, yet optimistic that things can improve. The third national study of confidence in leadership, conducted by the Center for Public Leadership in cooperation with U.S.News & World Report reveals that the leadership crisis we first identified in our 2005 report continues—and, in Americans’ eyes, is deepening.

Shadow Government: Inside the Bush administration's sweeping, often secretive efforts to expand the power of the presidency
On October 14, 2007, David Gergen published a book review essay in the Boston Globe entitled Shadow Government: Inside the Bush administration's sweeping, often secretive efforts to expand the power of the presidency. Using the work of Charlie Savage (Takeover), Jack Goldsmith (Terror Presidency), John Dean (Broken Government) and Robert Draper (Dead Certain), Gergen illuminates some of the most disconcerting revelations about the Bush White House.

For All Those Ready to Write Off America - Don't Count On It
Writing in The Times, at the begining of the 2007 World Economic Forum, David Gergen comments on America's steady decline in global leadership and the prospect for a resurgence.

A Good President
David Gergen remembers President Gerald Ford in US News & World Report.

"Listen to the Voters on Iraq", Gergen Writes
Writing in the Washington Monthly, David Gergen argues that Democratic victories in the House or Senate could be the best way for President Bush to change course in Iraq.

Let's Get It Together
In the October 16, 2006 issue of US News and World Report, David Gergen comments on the American political drama currently unfolding. Gergen contends that the conservative movement, "may have hit a wall." He challengs both parties to use the next two years to take on the issues, not just jockey for position. Or else he writes, "to hell with both of them."

Great to Good?
"If America is not to slip from great to good, we need civic leadership across the country to light fires and rally energies," David Gergen writes in the June 26, 2006 issue of U.S. News & World Report. "Greatness is not something that can be easily preserved; it has to be earned by each new generation...The question before us is whether the baby boom generation, now in power, has what it takes." Click the above link to read the full article.

The Danger of Drift
"Traveling the country, one meets growing numbers deeply anxious about the future. And it's not just Iraq, gas prices, and immigration. What it is is the yawning gap between the many long-term problems we face and the inability of our leadership class to fix them," writes David Gergen in the May 29, 2006 issue of U.S. News & World Report. "A thousand days as a leaderless nation would leave us almost defenseless against dangers bearing down upon us." To read Gergen's full account of the need for leadership that can tackle the challenges facing the nation, click the above link.