POSC150 Lecture 11: The Presidency II

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POSC150
• Professor: Professor Jones

Document Summary

How can the president meet public expectation: with explicit responsibilities come inherent powers. Honeymoon period is the first couple years of a presidency where % of public approval is highest. Rally round the flag effects: in times of national crisis or war, people tend to see the president as a symbol of the country. President bush approval spiked after 9/11, capture of saddam hussein, and iraq invasion: formal tools to make policy on his own, executive agreements: arrangement with another country that does not need. Senate approval: executive order: instructions to bureaucracy on how to interpret and implement laws, veto.