Political Science 3300     
The American Presidency       Monday, September 25, 2006

The Public Presidency    

2. Presidents and public opinion: opportunities and constraints

3. Presidential efforts to shape public opinion

Discussion question of the day (still)

Given what you've read in Edwards about "Going Public: A Strategy for Governing," what's your interpretation of presidential actions in the last 2 weeks?

4. The media

    The Media Business

    Media Biases

5. The permanent campaign / Governing by Campaigning

The President and the Political Parties

1. Why Parties?

2. Realignments

3.  President Make Politics

    The Parties' role in Presidential Governnance

    The New Deal Democrats & Labot

    The Reagan Republicans

4. Realignment: The South

5. Partisanship and the Bush Presidency