Lately, the president of the United States, Bill Clinton, has pursued
             policies that have been very unpopular not only with the general public
             but the electorate as well. Besides the whole Monica Lewinsky ordeal, Clinton
             feels that these unpopular policies will affect the next election results.
             Presidential advisors have formulated countless plans but no plan has seemed
             to work. One idea would be to leave the unpopular policies as they are
             because of the president and advisors' belief that they are the best for the
             country. Another option would be just to present the unpopular policies in a
             new way to maybe change public opinion on them. Still, another would be to
             just ignore the policies and concentrate on the election. No matter what
             option, if any, should be chosen one must be thought up quickly and it must not
             only address the problem but solve it fast.
             Since I have recently learned about Machiavelli and his work titled The
             Prince I feel his opinions would help to influence some decisions for the
             president and his advisors. A first and very important view of Machiavelli
             would be his view of the prince and his advisors. "It is an infallible rule that
             a prince who is not wise himself cannot be well advised."(p.117) As it is up
             to the prince to be well advised it is also up to the president to be well
             advised as well. The president's advisors and the president are not
             sure what actions to take, which in Machiavelli's view would not be a good
             characteristic of a leader and would not help gain friendship of the
             people. Good relationship with the people is one of his greatest points
             because without the people there is no leader.
             The leader, the president, must have the support of the people and if
             not he will not stay in power long. The president is not doing a good job of
             this because of his very unpopular policies. Machiavelli would never choose
             to just continue on th...