It is Presidents Day – a time to repost my traditional column commemorating the late, great Richard E. Neustadt. This year the post seems particularly timely, given the controversy surrounding our current President – particularly the fear that his auth……Continue Reading On Presidents Day, We Celebrate The Guardian of the Presidency
Tag: Presidential Power
Was Obamacare Worth It? Some Democrats Think Not.
I’m up today at US News with a new post that serves as a sequel of sorts to an earlier post I wrote discussing the impact of Obama’s policy agenda on Democrats’ loss of control of Congress. In recent days Democrats such as New York Senator Chuck Schumer have openly questioned whether Obamacare was worth […]…Continue Reading Was Obamacare Worth It? Some Democrats Think Not.
The Real Lesson of Watergate
Beginning today, I’ll be posting at U.S. News & World Report’s online site once a week (typically on Friday) under the editorial direction of my former Middlebury student Rob Schlesinger and his team. Since they prefer that I not crosspost … Continue reading →…Continue Reading The Real Lesson of Watergate
No, the Presidency Has NOT Become More Difficult
The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza wrote an interesting column two days ago under the headline “It’s Virtually Impossible to be a Successful Modern President.” Cillizza begins his piece like this: “Being president is the most powerful job in the world. … Continue reading →…Continue Reading No, the Presidency Has NOT Become More Difficult
Why Obama Continues Bush’s Foreign Policy
Against the backdrop of today’s joint Obama-al Maliki press conference it is worth noting that perhaps the strongest portion of Obama’s presidential record so far has been his handling of foreign policy. Public opinion polls give the President much……Continue Reading Why Obama Continues Bush’s Foreign Policy
United Flight 93 and the Limits of Presidential Power
The 10th year anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks reminded Americans once more of the heroism of the passengers on United Airlines Flight 93. Those passengers, it will be recalled, overpowered their hijackers and almost certainly prevented the ……Continue Reading United Flight 93 and the Limits of Presidential Power
In Honor of Presidents Day
As I have done ever since I began this blog in the late 1950’s, I post my traditional column commemorating President’s Day by remembering the late, great Richard E. Neustadt. Until his death in 2003 at the age of 84, Neustadt was the nation’s foremost presidency scholar. In his almost six decades of public service […]…Continue Reading In Honor of Presidents Day