POL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Crisis Management, Cuban Missile Crisis
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Political agenda- which legislation a president chooses to push for. Chief lobbyist: president doesn"t have enough time to take each congressman out to dinner sooooo, we have the appointed liaison staff, legislative liaison staff-staff who serves as link between president and congress. Party leader- informal duty with no specific tasks. President is both diplomat and crisis manager as he attempts to advance what he sees as country"s best interests through relations with other countries. Well-designed, formal review process that promotes analysis and open debate. Double check chain of reasoning to make sure that presumptions have not been equated with truth: ex: cuban missile crisis held up as model of rational decision-making process.
