BIOL 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Lindsey Graham, Divided Government, United States Presidential Approval Rating
7 May 2016
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Clinton has 44% delegates- sanders will not be able to catch up (but has vowed to back clinton) Trump has 28% of delegates he needs. Rubio got minnesota, and cruz won tx & Cruz is the best chance to stop trump with 18% of delegates. Lindsey graham: senator from sc: ran for republican nomination: talks about how republicans are handing the election to clinton. Most visible icon of his party, but supposed to be non-partisan: some scholars of the presidency think the paradoxes associated with the office set the presidency up for failure. Need to look beyond the formal resources of office: presidential power is the power to persuade. Presidents have little formal power to achieve anything on their own. Have to rely on others to carry out their will. Presidential persuasion techniques: inside the beltway bargaining. Common among pres in 19th cent and early 20th cent. Reagan- the great communicator : built personal relationship with dems in congress.
