TY - BOOK AU - Azari,Julia R. AU - Brown,Lara M. AU - Nwokora,Zim G. ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - The presidential leadership dilemma: between the Constitution and a political party AV - JK511 .P79 2013 U1 - 352.23/60973 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Albany PB - State University of New York Press KW - Presidents KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - Political leadership KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: a rock and a hard place: between a party and the people -- Pathways to the nomination: an analytic framework -- Presidential mandates and the leadership dilemma: William J. Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama -- Playing for history: the reelection leadership choices of presidents -- William J. Clinton and George W. Bush -- Presidents, leverage, and significant public policy -- The base realignment and closing commission: difficult choices, electoral considerations, and the future of national leadership in a partisan age -- The paradoxes of presidential leadership in pursuing policy goals -- Taking credit and avoiding blame: the politics of rhetorical signing statements under unified and divided government -- President Obama and counterterrorism policy: when campaign promises meet governing imperatives -- Conclusion: the right choice at the right time; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3408703 ER -