Comments on: “Take a Law, Grace”: How Presidents Really Make Policy

By: AEI Citizenship – Around the web

AEI Citizenship – Around the web — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:08:17 +0000

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By: Bill Harshaw

Bill Harshaw — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:37:45 +0000

Wellford and Frazier didn’t report directly to Carter, I assume, but to Jordan, so the expertise upon which Carter was relying was 2 degrees away from him. IMHO this is true throughout the federal bureaucracy. The true expertise usually is two or three layers below the decision-maker, sometimes more.

By: Reconciliation | politicset.directiontrend.com

Reconciliation | politicset.directiontrend.com — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:12:24 +0000

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By: The advisers may move on to new advice | TIM FERNHOLZ

The advisers may move on to new advice | TIM FERNHOLZ — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:14:06 +0000

[...] The advisers may move on to new advice Posted on February 16, 2011 by Tim Fernholz| Leave a comment “So that I would say that the problems are more difficult than I had imagined them to be. The responsibilities placed on the United States are greater than I imagined them to be, and there are greater limitations upon our ability to bring about a favorable result than I had imagined them to be. And I think that is probably true of anyone who becomes President, because there is such a difference between those who advise or speak or legislate, and between the man who must select from the various alternatives proposed and say that this shall be the policy of the United States. It is much easier to make the speeches than it is to finally make the judgments, because unfortunately your advisers are frequently divided. If you take the wrong course, and on occasion I have, the President bears the burden of the responsibility quite rightly. The advisers may move on to new advice.” — John F. Kennedy.* [...]

By: “I’m serious about this.” | TIM FERNHOLZ

“I’m serious about this.” | TIM FERNHOLZ — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:51:38 +0000

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