Hamby credit’s Eisenhower’s two weaknesses as President as limited political experience and lack of knowledge of the Washington bureaucracy. Yet, Eisenhower can be credit for expanding the bureaucracy too. President Eisenhower created the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (Hamby 1992, 124). I believe Eisenhower’s weakness did not result in negative outcome though. Eisenhower’s lack of political experience was the very thing that got him elected and helped maintain his popularity throughout his term. And, Eisenhower’s limited knowledge of bureaucracy did not prohibit successes either. Eisenhower had distaste for details (Hamby 1992, 119). It was this avoidance of every little detail and adherence to the very bureaucracy he lacked