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Programs, Perks & Stresses of Presidents

Programs, Perks & Stresses of Presidents. Chapter 14, Theme D. The President’s Program. Demands are great once inaugurated: Appointments State of the Union Address Budget Who do you confer with for a program? Use gun control as example. Interest Groups Campaign and staff advisors

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Programs, Perks & Stresses of Presidents

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  1. Programs, Perks & Stresses of Presidents Chapter 14, Theme D

  2. The President’s Program • Demands are great once inaugurated: • Appointments • State of the Union Address • Budget • Who do you confer with for a program? Use gun control as example. • Interest Groups • Campaign and staff advisors • Bureaucrats • Specialists and experts • Is your program extensive or concentrated?

  3. The Best Laid Plans… • What constraints interfere with a President’s program? • Public opinion • Time • An unexpected Crisis • Congress • Rules for getting your programs done: • Move it or lose it (Strike while the iron is hot!) • Avoid details (Pick a few & focus!) • Choose good people

  4. What shapes Popularity? • Compare First 100 days of FDR, W. Bush, and Obama? What is the difference? • Does a “honeymoon” period exist in a second term? • What factors help success & popularity? • Strong Economy • Peace • Lack of Scandals • Continuity in second term • Unified Government

  5. Second Term Curse? President Barack Obama averaged 45.8% job approval during his fifth year in office. That is down more than two percentage points from his fourth-year average, and slightly better than his career-low 44.4% in his third year..

  6. Outsmarting the Curse Reagan and Clinton Only Ones Who Scored Better During Second Term

  7. What caused their decline?

  8. Stresses of the Presidency • Discuss Obama’s agenda from blog. • What do you make of a typical day? • http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/complete • Show clip of how Presidents age: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-479M7alGU • Why few friends? Why weight gain? Why so much stress? • Is the job worth the stress?

  9. Perks of the President • Discuss inset, p. 380 • Go to websites to show perks • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z38KpsBI7A • http://www.channelone.com/news/gal_presidential_perks/ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gumf5ggG_zA • Podcast if you want more: http://castroller.com/podcasts/StuffYouMissed/1082814-Presidential%20Perks

  10. Keeping the House in Order • How does a person win re-election to the Presidency? • What factors hinder re-election? • Discuss assassinations & impact. • Vice President • Disability • Act of Succession • 25th Amendment

  11. Impeachment • Review the process. • Who can be impeached? • Why impeach a President? • The case of Andrew Johnson http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-impeachment-of-andrew-johnson-conflict-between-president-and-congress.html • The case of Bill Clinton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GgPo2cHFq0

  12. Informal Power • What is an executive order? • For your document, answer the following: • Why was the order issued? • Under what formal power or role was the President acting? Cite language. • What did the order actually do? • What was the response of at least one other branch of government to this order?

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