one in- dividual. He preferred to conserve his "public prestige" appearing to remain above the political fray (unlike Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, says Greenstein, who "sought to enhance their professional reputations as political operators"). The advantage of Eisenhower's low-key approach may be that it avoided "raising expectations about what the President as an individual can ever accomplish."
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