The purpose of this text is to test the hypothesis that the level of policy results of a presidency is related to its level of strategic action.
By doing that, it also aims at further developing a strategic view of political leadership, whereby it is conceived as getting important achievements due to a pertinent agenda and an effective political operation –in contrast to those views based on “vision” (Burns 1979), charisma (House 1976), juncture (Skowronek 1998) or presidential powers (Mayer 2001 and Howell 2003).