The power of persuasion
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Power to persuade
Neustadt – ‘the president’s power is the power to persuade ‘
- Obama wanted to show his support for the American Jobs Act by delivering a primetime televised speech to a joint congress – as is customary Obama had to send a letter to the speaker of the house (Republican, John Boehner) asking if he would schedule the talk, the speaker said no and suggested that it be done on a different day
- Almost every power that the president has s checked by Congress
- In a system of separated institutions this is by no means easy
- The president and the majority of congress may well be of different parties
- Clinton still failed to pass his healthcare reforms 1993-94…
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