Presidential Studies Quarterly articles from September 2006

Presidential Studies Quarterly archives from September 2006

A "New Covenant" kept: core values, presidential communications, and the paradox of the Clinton presidency.(Bill Clinton)
September 1, 2006... Commonplace among his supporters and many Americans is the idea that Ronald Reagan was an exemplar of philosophical consistency as president of the United States. Reagan, it is said, knew who he was, spoke and wrote consistently about his...

Presidential difference in the early republic: the highly disparate leadership styles of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson.(George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson)
September 1, 2006... It is a near axiom of the behavioral sciences that the actions people take are a function of two broad sets of influences--their personal characteristics and the environments in which they are situated. It is also widely accepted that the more...

The changing nature of presidential policy making on international agreements.
September 1, 2006... As chief diplomats, U.S. presidents hold a great reservoir of power, both formal and informal. One of the most important formal diplomatic powers of the presidency is the constitutional authority to negotiate treaties. However, presidents are...

Presidential visits and midterm Senate elections.
September 1, 2006... To win election and reelection, presidents, senators, and representatives work hard to interact with constituents, often through personal contact and visits (Shaw 1999a; Fenno 1996; Jacobson 2001; Mayhew 1974; Cohen, Krassa, and Hamman 1991)....

Presidential leadership and administrative coordination: examining the theory of a unified executive.
September 1, 2006... As is often noted, the delegation of policy-making authority to the bureaucracy presents important doctrinal and constitutional issues for American government. What values should guide the administrative process and what institutional controls...

"Peace without conquest": Lyndon Johnson's speech of April 7, 1965.
September 1, 2006... On April 7, 1965, Lyndon Johnson delivered a televised address from Johns Hopkins University, reaching an estimated sixty million viewers across the United States and many tuning in from around the world. (1) His administration billed the...

McKinley's backbone.(William McKinley)
September 1, 2006... Theodore Roosevelt is known for his forceful expressions and pungent wit. One of his most cited statements is a description of President William McKinley--he "has no more backbone than a chocolate eclair." For much of the twentieth...

Exorcising scandal in the White House: presidential polling in times of crisis.(RESEARCH NOTES)
September 1, 2006... Attention to public opinion polls during a scandal takes on greater proportions, especially for politicians and the media (Hogan 2003). To this end, scholars have argued that political scandal and public opinion polling are "a match made in...

The contemporary presidency: the Decline and Resurgence and Decline (and resurgence?) of Congress: charting a new imperial presidency.
September 1, 2006... "How Much Power Should They Have?" demanded the cover of Newsweek as 2006 began, as President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney glared out from underneath the headline. The question was prompted by a flurry of holiday season...

The law: George Bush as Commander in Chief: toward the nether world of constitutionalism.
September 1, 2006... The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several states when called into the actual service of the United States. --Article II, Section 2 President George W. Bush's...

The polls: the coalitional president from a public opinion perspective.
September 1, 2006... As Thomas Cronin (1980; also Cronin and Genovese 2004) insightfully pointed out thirty years ago, the presidency is beset with paradoxes, at times being tugged, pulled, or pushed in differing and often contradictory directions. For instance, on...

The New Imperial Presidency: Renewing Presidential Power after Watergate.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... The New Imperial Presidency: Renewing Presidential Power after Watergate. By Andrew Rudalevige. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005. 358 pp. Andrew Rudalevige has written an important and ambitious work, one that tackles a...

The Birth of Head Start: Preschool Education Policies in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... The Birth of Head Start: Preschool Education Policies in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations. By Maris Vinovskis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. 205 pp. What makes good policy? Is it rational deliberation among public...

Jefferson's Second Revolution: The Election Crisis of 1800 and the Triumph of Republicanism.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... Jefferson's Second Revolution: The Election Crisis of 1800 and the Triumph of Republicanism. By Susan Dunn. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. 372 pp. Thomas Jefferson famously called his own election as president a revolution in the...

1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft, & Debs--The Election That Changed the Country.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... 1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft, and Debs--The Election that Changed the Country. By James Chace. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004. 323 pp. Author James Chace, a professor of government and public law and international journal editor,...

When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt after the White House.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt after the White House. By Patricia O'Toole. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005. 494 pp. What happens to a powerful man after his power is gone? That is the central question guiding Patricia O'Toole in...