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The Presidency

The Presidency. Why a President? Expansion of Presidential Powers Presidential Bureaucracy Policymaking Leadership/Public Opinion. Why a President?. Solution to Problem w/ Articles V. Parliamentary System. Contrast Between Presidents & Prime Ministers. -No set term. -4 year term.

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The Presidency

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  1. The Presidency • Why a President? • Expansion of Presidential Powers • Presidential Bureaucracy • Policymaking • Leadership/Public Opinion

  2. Why a President? • Solution to Problem w/ Articles • V. Parliamentary System

  3. Contrast Between Presidents & Prime Ministers -No set term -4 year term -Elected by indirect voting of people -Chosen by members of Parliament -Both Chief Execs. -Both appoint Cabinet. -Both are the Commander in Chief -Both have legis.agendas -Found mainly in the Americas -Found mainly in Europe -Cabinet outside of Congress -Cabinet from Parliament -Run as an “outsider” -Always “inside” Parliament -No guarantee of Legis. majority -Always has Legis. majority -Runs as individual -Runs for the Party

  4. Expansion of Presidential Powers • Appointment • Convene Congress • Make Treaties (Executive Agreements) • Veto Power (Not Line-item; Pocket) • Commander-in-Chief (War Powers Act, 1973) • Pardoning

  5. The Office of the President Constitutional Requirements (2.1.5) Amendment 12 Amendment 20 Amendment 22 Amendment 25 The Order of Succession Act of 1947 Disability Impeachment (2.4, 1.2, 1.3)

  6. The Presidency Demographics, Roles, Formal and Informal Powers of the President

  7. The Presidents • Great Expectations • Americans want a president who is powerful and who can do good like Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Kennedy. • Yet Americans do not like a concentration of power because they are individualistic and skeptical of authority.

  8. “It is a great advantage to a president, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know that he is not a great man. When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this Republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.” -Calvin Coolidge-

  9. Formal Qualifications for the Presidency What are the three formal qualifications to be President of the United States? U.S. Constitution: Article II Section 1 No person except a natural born citizen…shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall nay person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

  10. Informal Qualifications For President Military service Government experience Television presence – name recognition, photogenic and articulate College education Married with kids Money (inherited, by marriage, personal fortune) Religious faith Character A “story” – war hero, peanut farmer, actor, etc. So far, male Perceived as being in the political mainstream JFK and his son John in the Oval Office

  11. Demographic Characteristics of U. S. Presidents Male - 100% Caucasian - 98% Protestant - 97% British ancestry - 82% College education - 77% Politicians - 69% Lawyers - 62% Top 3% wealth & social class - At least 50% Elected from large states - 69%

  12. Salary and Benefits $50,000/year expense account. Spend as President chooses. $100,000/year travel expenses. Campaign, speeches…What do you think he would spend his money on? A nice house (White House)…i.e. Room and Board paid for. 132 rooms, 18.3 acres, fleet of automobiles. Secret Service protection (up to 10 years after leaving office) Country home (Camp David) Personal airplane (Air Force One). Staff of 400-500 full-time employees $400,000 salary (tax free).

  13. Roles of the President • Chief of State- chief symbol of the United States • Chief Executive- Administrator of the federal government. “Most powerful office in the world.” • Broad in foreign and domestic powers. • Chief Administrator- i.e. director of the Federal Government • Chief Diplomat- Architect of foreign policy • Commander in Chief- Civilian commander of the U.S. Armed Forces.

  14. Roles of the President • Chief of Party- Head of party who assists in members’ elections or appointments in office. • Chief Citizen- Expected to be the “representative of all the people.” work for and represent all the people. • Crisis Manager-Leads country through disasters, both natural and man-made. • Moral Persuader- The White House as a bully pulpit. (from Teddy Roosevelt, which means a platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. He used the word “bully” as an adjective to mean “superior.” ) • Chief Legislator- National agenda setter; proposes bills for consideration in Congress.

  15. President Harry S. Truman "I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them. That's all the powers of the President amount to." Truman, 33rd President, 1945-53

  16. President John F. Kennedy “No easy problem ever comes to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, somebody else has solved them.” President Kennedy’s nationally televised address during the Cuban Missile Crisis, October, 1962

  17. President Richard M. Nixon "Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government." In the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, President Nixon departs the White House after his resignation, Aug., 1974

  18. President George W. Bush “To those of you who received honors, awards, and distinctions, I say 'Well done.' And to the C students, I say 'You, too, can be president of the United States.'” President George W. Bush, speaking at Yale University's 300th commencement ceremony President Bush, 43rd President, 2001-2009

  19. Quotes on the Vice Presidency “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived” –John Adams- “I do not choose to be buried until I am really dead.” –Daniel Webster (in rejecting the VP nomination in 1848)- “the job is not worth a pitcher of warm spit” –John Nance Garner-

  20. Presidential Bureaucracy • VP • Cabinet— • First Lady • EXOP— • White House Staff—

  21. Peaceful Transition • Fears of Presidency: • Jefferson: “Bad edition of the Polish king.” • Randolph: “Foetus of a monarchy” • What fears did the Constitution try to solve? How did they resolve them? • Domination by Senate over foreign policy • Election- thought the HR would elect more • Term of Office • 44x peaceful transition: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/inauguration-2013-president-obama-takes-oath-office-18273470

  22. The Office of the President • Constitutional Requirements (2.1.5) • Amendment 12 • Amendment 20 • Amendment 22 • Amendment 25 • The Order of Succession Act of 1947 • Disability • Impeachment (2.4, 1.2, 1.3)

  23. White House Staff

  24. Executive Order • Executive order-A rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law.(1)enforce legislative statutes(2)enforce the Constitution or treaties with foreign nations(3)establish or modify rules and practices of executive administrative agenciesCan be retracted by successor, nullified by Congress or ruled unconstitutional by a federal court.Presidents have issued over 13,500 of them.

  25. Policymaking • Appointment • Budgeting (OMB) • Executive Orders • Chief Executive Officer

  26. Putting together the Presidents Programs, who has the ideas? • Interest Groups • Aides and campaign advisers • Federal bureaus and agencies • Outside, academics, and other specialist

  27. Development of a Presidential program • 1. Have a policy on everything! –Carter, Clinton • 2. Concentrate on 3-4 initiatives and leave everything else to subordinates- Reagan

  28. Problems with Programs • Time limits (400-600 bills, phone calls, ambassadors, heads of states, etc) • Unexpected crisis (Bay of Pigs, Vietnam, Hostages in Iran, Kuwait, Bosnia, terrorism, Recession) • Federal gov’t and budget. Mandatory spending

  29. Reorganizing the Executive Branch • Dept of Homeland Security: 22 agencies, 180,000 employees, $40 billion, Coast Guard, Customs, Immigration, etc • Legislative veto: Congressional authority to block a presidential action after it has taken place- unconstitutional

  30. Leadership/Public Opinion • Going Public- polls, Hoover last president who didn’t use polls. • Approval Ratings

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