Study guide 453- For most presidents, the problem with going public is that
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a the public is more focused on Congress
b the president’s speeches are not very persuasive
c they energize their opponents
d they generally address unimportant issues
e they do not reach their target audience
Suggested Reading
Alter, Jonathan. The Promise: President Obama, Year One. New York:
Simon and Schuster, 2010.
Canes-Wrone, Brandice. Who Leads Whom? Presidents, Policy, and the
Public. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Edwards, George C. III. Predicting the Presidency: The Potential
of Persuasive Leadership. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University
Press, 2015.
Hallett, Brian. Declaring War: Congress, the President, and What the
Constitution Does Not Say. New York: Cambridge University
Press, 2012.
Howell, William G. Power without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct
Presidential Action. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press,
2003.
Katznelson, Ira. Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time.
New York: W. W. Norton, 2013.
Lewis, David E. Presidents and the Politics of Agency Design: Political
Insulation in the United States Government Bureaucracy, 1946–
19 97. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003.
Mayer, Kenneth. With the Stroke of a Pen: Executive Orders and
Presidential Power. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press,
2001.
Neustadt, Richard E. Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents:
The Politics of Leadership from Roosevelt to Reagan. New York: Free
Press, 1990.
Rudalevige, Andrew. Managing the President’s Program: Presidential
Leadership and Legislative Policy Formation. Princeton, NJ:
Princeton University Press, 2002.
Skowronek, Stephen. Presidential Leadership in Political Time:
Reprise and Reappraisal, 2nd ed. Lawrence: University of Kansas
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