Executives

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N K X V Y A M V T F T N F P O P P G W O J
Y R B J A T U G J E N H S O G B X R Y C D
A Q C C K L Y D D S C S S P H Q V E P J X
M A F J C E S J C E W S G U H G Q S I L D
A M Y B M V D B H V U Y M L B D R P Q J J
B N I P L E O O H O C O I A S U L Q J V C
N G C B D S Y Y A N Y E N R X K B C T V U
O F B R Q O X V P E A Q D E E T V H M G M
I H X M J O Y A A G L C I L Q T V A M D W
S U F N S R E V E D Y M A E N T E M C T F
I C A E R E O C R N H M M C Y G X I H K N
D E R U H R Y F U A Y N P T C U W L B X X
A F Y S C O G C B N E W G I F C E T T R A
M S W T J D O Y L I Y R Y O M H H O B W W
J B U A Q O N Y D N I F R N E E Y N Y V M
X S M D V E J C K O H W A W Y I A H M L W
Q D V T A H W Q K R V J I Y C B M M O H I
S K N P O T I O Y C T P U K J U X C T K U
S L Q A Q J B G E D W A R D S B X N V B D
V I V A I A D L U T T M S S C T O F J X W
N B K Q Q I L C N S A Y F H U P E M Y F A

Clues

  • What did Jackson call for which increased presidential accountability? (7, 8)
  • When framing the US constitution, who said 'enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm'? (8)
  • Which founder said that a single executive was necessary for 'decision, activity, secrecy and dispatch'? (8)
  • Who coined the term 'bully pulpit'? (8, 9)
  • Who notes that 'that presidential approval is often a function of national and global economic cycles or foreign policy events that are largely beyond a president's influence doesn't matter'? (6, 3, 8)
  • Who said 'to suppose that an American party winning Congress and the presidency thereby wins the leeway of a British governing party is to be deluded by the election returns'? (6)
  • Who said that 'every president between the mid-1960s and 2008 was associated to a greater or lesser extend with failure'? (5)
  • Who says that presidential power is synonymous with 'power to persuade'? (8)
  • Who says that the problem with presidential systems in South-American countries is that they have a strong military legacy? (7)
  • Who says that whilst presidential popularity is obviously an asset, it has no effect on their ability to put pressure on Congress? (7)

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