On Deaf Ears: The Limits of the Bully Pulpit

摘要: The typical legislative strategy for recent presidents has been to move Congress by winning public support. George Edwards analyzes hundreds of opinion polls and finds that this usually fails. He explains why are frequently unable suggests they use other means achieve success. "That the 'bully pulpit' exert influence in Washington is a truism American Politics. What remarkable book isn't true, presidents--even those at top their form--persistently fail sentiment preferred directions."--James A. Stimson, University North Carolina Chapel Hill "Every serious scholar student politics should read book."--Robert Y. Shapiro, Columbia "Edwards done it again! A bold, direct, convincing challenge 30 years literature."-Richard E. Neustadt, author Presidential Power