POLS 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Richard Neustadt, Legislature, Draft Evasion
10 Feb 2017
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All presidents portray they are all-powerful like the powerful past presidents, but they aren"t all powerful bc our system balances the power of the president. Madison"s original intent was to make legislative most powerful. Different people choose president v congress, so congress doesn"t have to do what president wants. Unless congress is on board, president"s ideas go nowhere. Branch, he chooses the people in the top positions, but he cant just pick everyone bc those positions are based on merit. Do(cid:374)"t thi(cid:374)k of p(cid:396)eside(cid:374)t as ceo of (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)(cid:455), (cid:271)(cid:272) ceos do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e othe(cid:396) i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s (cid:449)ith power to override their ideas. Truman explains his job as president as: persuading people to do stuff they should have the sense to do anyways. Some presidents just give off aura of authority. Political assets - is he an asset to his political party or do they want him out.
