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PSCI3309 American Presidency

PRESIDENTIAL POWER by John Burke

5-6 pages

Answer the following questions from the book:

1.    Discuss, in regard to Chapter 6, “The Presidents First Term: Internal Time and Presidential Power”,  the following “key moments” in the presidents first term:  the myth of a presidential  mandate, the transition to office, developing a strategic agenda early, achieving success after the first mid-term elections, sowing the seeds for a second term.

2.    Based on the concluding chapter of the Burke text discuss “Lessons For Presidential Power, Today and Beyond” (lessons one through six from the last chapter).