Leadership and Management in the Presidency FDR Changed everything: Now what? Agenda Setting Management of Exec. Branch Truman Eisenhower
Harry Truman: Agenda Setting
Truman Approval Ratings Sources: Gallup, AP, WSJ. com research. From: Wall Street Journal. com: http: //online. wsj. com/public/resources/documents/info-presapp 060531. html
FDR VPs John Nance Garner 1933 -41 Henry Wallace 1941 -45
Agenda Setting: Art and Science 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Understanding trends Prediction Understanding impact of events Timing Salesmanship Can you make the agenda bipartisan?
Successful
Successful Ronald Reagan ending welfare (1986 speech) Bill Clinton announces passage of welfare reform legislation (1996)
Sucesssful Ending “Big Government” Clinton SOTU 1996 “The era of big government is over. ”
Not so Successful
Not so Successful Carter’s Energy Proposals 1977
Successful or Not? • 2010: PL 111 -148: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act • 2012: National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Sebelius • 2015: King v. Burwell
Truman Agenda Setting • US as a global power • Fighting Communism – “Truman Doctrine” speech, March 1947 – NSC-68