By Matthew N. Beckmann
ISBN-10: 0521162912
ISBN-13: 9780521162913
ISBN-10: 0521760143
ISBN-13: 9780521760140
Brand new presidents input workplace having campaigned on an formidable coverage schedule, wanting to see it enacted, and keen to push in order that it's. The imperative query of presidents' legislative management, accordingly, isn't a question of get to the bottom of; it's a query of approach: by way of what skill can presidents construct profitable coalitions for his or her schedule? Pushing the schedule uncovers the reply. It unearths the systematic ideas presidents hire to persuade Congress and the stipulations that verify whilst these suggestions paintings - or do not. Drawing on an eclectic array of unique facts - spanning presidents from Dwight Eisenhower to George W. Bush - Matthew N. Beckmann reveals smooth presidents' impression in Congress is genuine, frequently tremendous, and, thus far, principally underestimated.
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Chapter two A Theory of Positive Presidential Power Opportunities to host landmark signing ceremonies are highly prized inside the White House. Such auspicious occasions allow the president not just to help chart the nation’s course against the day’s most pressing problems but also to bask in the flattering glow of political achievement. ” After all, what president could pass up moments like these? r On a beautiful summer day in Harry Truman’s hometown of Independence, Missouri, with Harry Truman at his side, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law Medicare, the historic health-care program Mr.
Therefore, in cases where the president (along with his leading allies) and opposing leaders are on opposite sides of the pivotal voter (O < f < S/P), as is typical, the optimal strategy for an opposing leader looking to beat the president’s proposal is simple: propose one closer to the pivotal voter. Even if this does not ultimately lead to the leading opponent’s success, it does force the president and his allies to moderate their proposal (kicking off a process that, if unaltered by lobbying, ultimately follows a “race to the middle” – a sequential bargain to the pivotal voter’s preferred position).
Tracing these strategies thus shows how they are intended to work and, in turn, offers a clearer blueprint for assessing whether they do. While the chapters that follow offer an in-depth treatment along these lines, it is useful to briefly introduce the argument here as well. 2 The Strategies of Presidential Influence When the Senate resoundingly rejected President George H. W. Bush’s proposed budget “deal” from a few days earlier, reporters wondered aloud about the White House’s legislative incompetence.