Presidential Studies Quarterly articles from September 2007

Presidential Studies Quarterly archives from September 2007

The language of freedom in the American presidency, 1933-2006.
September 1, 2007... Freedom is the most familiar symbol in American political culture, but little is known about how presidents have employed this symbol in their discourse. This study uses quantitative and qualitative analysis to examine the language of freedom...

Above the fray? The use of party system references in presidential rhetoric.
September 1, 2007... Examining communication items from four presidents, we find that presidents link themselves to the party system rhetorically. Employment of party references is tested against recurrent features of the office and shifts in the political...

Executive clemency or bureaucratic discretion? Two models of the pardons process.
September 1, 2007... This article examines the use of the president's pardon power from 1953 to 2000. Two different models are used to describe the pardons process: a presidential model and an agency model The presidential model takes a top-down approach to the...

The political fallout of taking a stand: the President, Congress, and the Schiavo case.
September 1, 2007... Federal government involvement in the case of terminally ill Terri Schiavo provides an interesting opportunity to explore the potential impact of specific institutional actions on public approval of those institutions. We analyze national...

Why did Clinton survive the impeachment crisis? A test of three explanations.(Bill Clinton)
September 1, 2007... In Federalist no. 65, Alexander Hamilton wrote that the impeachment process is a decidedly political one, We use data from a national survey conducted in September and October 1998 to examine explanations for Bill Clinton's survival of the...

Affective evaluations of first ladies: a comparison of Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush.
September 1, 2007... This study examines affective evaluations toward Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush during their tenure as first ladies and during Hillary Clinton's subsequent time as a U.S. senator. It was hypothesized that first ladies, rather than being above...

The Contemporary Presidency: Who Wants Presidential Supremacy? Findings from the Institutions of American Democracy Project.
September 1, 2007... The George W. Bush administration has aggressively advanced claims of presidential supremacy in American government. We use data from surveys to explore the reactions to these claims on the part of three groups of governmental elites and the...

The Law: Executive Order 13422: an expansion of presidential influence in the rulemaking process.
September 1, 2007... Executive Order 13422, issued by President George W. Bush in January 2007, contains the most significant changes to the presidential regulatory review process since 1993. The changes include requirements that agencies designate a presidential...

The polls: presidential referendum effects in the 2006 midterm elections.
September 1, 2007... Many commentators saw the 2006 midterm elections as a referendum on George W. Bush's presidency, especially his unpopular Iraq War policy. Presidential referendum effects may be highly likely given the degree of party polarization and the...

Elections: the home state effect in presidential elections: advances in the study of localism.
September 1, 2007... History shows that presidential candidates often win their home states by large margins. This phenomenon, which is sometimes called localism, has attracted the attention of scholars for decades. In this study, we improve upon previous localism...

Who Leads Whom? Presidents, Policy, and the Public.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Who Leads Whom? Presidents, Policy, and the Public. By Brandice Canes-Wrone. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. 214 pp. Leadership of the public and Congress is of vital importance to modern presidential governance. In Who Leads...

Total Cold War: Eisenhower's Secret Propaganda Battle at Home and Abroad.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Total Cold War: Eisenhower's Secret Propaganda Battle at Home and Abroad. By Kenneth Osgood. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2006. 506 pp. Kenneth Osgood, an assistant professor of history at Florida Atlantic University, has written...

Addressing the State of the Union: The Evolution and Impact of the President's Big Speech.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Addressing the State of the Union: The Evolution and Impact of the President's Big Speech. By Donna R. Hoffman and Alison D. Howard. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006. 211 pp. Much has been written about the "rhetorical...

Civil Rights Rhetoric and the American Presidency.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Civil Rights Rhetoric and the American Presidency. Edited by James Arnt Aune and Enrique D. Rigsby. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2005. 347 pp. The 2000 Presidential Rhetoric conference at Texas A&M University, "The White...

First Ladies and the Press: The Unfinished Partnership for the Media Age.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... First Ladies and the Press: The Unfinished Partnership for the Media Age. By Maurine H. Beasley. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2005. 335 pp. With a prescient tone, Maurine H. Beasley cautions the reader to handle the role of...