P SC 1113 1st Edition Lecture 21 Outline of Last Lecture I Explaining Going Public II Getting Through III Evolution of Presidential Coverage IV Agenda Setting V Bond and Fleisher President in the Legislative Arena VI Congress Members Fit Into One of Four Groups VII Leadership Pursuit Outline of Current Lecture I Leadership Pursuit II Dealing with Opposition Strategy III Third Way to Get Leverage Using Personal Support IV Fourth Way to Get Leverage Treat Successful Elections as Mandates V Americans and the Courts Current Lecture I Leadership Pursuit A Some leaders are loyal 1 Michel servant of the president 2 Baker president s spear carrier 3 Rayburn haven t served under any presidents but I ve served with several II Dealing with Opposition Strategy A Constructive opposition proposes alternatives B Obstructionism defeat president without own ideas III Third Way to Get Leverage Using Personal Support A Congress might respond when they fear public backlash These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute 1 Might get afraid of getting booted out of office B Popular presidents may get a small boost in success rates 1 Success at the margins according to George Edwards 2 10 points of approval 2 of legislative success IV Fourth Way to Get Leverage Treat Successful Elections as Mandates A Mandate authority granted by voters to act 1 Presidents portray elections as messages i Saying I was going to do these things is what got me elected the voters want what I stand for so let me do it ii The message voters want what winners proposed iii Directive enact the winner s ideas 2 Using the mandate i Presidents tries to convince Congress mandate exists ii Studies show Congress enters mandate state iii Power of mandate dissipates quickly iv Pressure of first hundred days honeymoon period v Act while election outcome is still fresh in minds 3 Famous mandates i 1964 Johnson Great Society Civil Rights ii 1968 Nixon Vietnam crime iii 1980 Reagan international vision iv 1992 Clinton economics and health care V Americans and the Courts A Little knowledge of the players the decisions and their meanings B Feeling that much of what courts do doesn t affect the daily life C Media coverage should be especially important given this 1 In a typical year supreme court gets less than one hour of coverage on an average major network CBS NBC ABC D Court related reasons that Americans might not know very much about the Supreme Court 1 Decisions tough to understand tough to make relevant 2 Court doesn t help the media out technical writing no PR wing 3 Justices vary widely in public nature 4 Calendar driven nature of Court leads to uneven stream of info competition for coverage E Blame the Media 1 Avoiding grappling with details of decisions 2 Focusing on litigant political local reaction 3 Are journalists equipped to understand courts
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