The presidential leadership dilemma : between the Constitution and a political party / / edited by, Julia R. Azari, Lara M. Brown, and Zim G. Nwokora.

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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:SUNY series in American constitutionalism
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Physical Description:xi, 247 p. :; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: a rock and a hard place: between a party and the people
  • Pathways to the nomination: an analytic framework
  • Presidential mandates and the leadership dilemma: William J. Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama
  • Playing for history: the reelection leadership choices of presidents
  • William J. Clinton and George W. Bush
  • Presidents, leverage, and significant public policy
  • The base realignment and closing commission: difficult choices, electoral considerations, and the future of national leadership in a partisan age
  • The paradoxes of presidential leadership in pursuing policy goals
  • Taking credit and avoiding blame: the politics of rhetorical signing statements under unified and divided government
  • President Obama and counterterrorism policy: when campaign promises meet governing imperatives
  • Conclusion: the right choice at the right time.