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Problem
A. What powers does the Constitution grant to the president?
B. How can Congress and the judiciary limit the president's powers?
C. What is the bureaucratizing of the presidency?
D. How do the media personalize the presidency?
E. How can the president check the power of Congress? How can Congress limit the influence of the president?
F. How is the executive branch organized? How is the way the executive branch operates different from the way it is portrayed in the media?
G. How does the president try to set the agenda for the political system, especially Congress?
H. What challenges does the president face in achieving his agenda?
I. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the presidential veto?
J. Can and do presidents lead Congress?
K. What are the president's powers as chief executive?
L. Why do presidents give so many speeches?
M. How do presidents seek public approval?
N. What tools does the president have to set the political agenda? What determines what's on the president's own agenda?
O. How do presidents use their veto power? What are the disadvantages of vetoing or threatening to veto legislation?
P. How does the president's position as chief executive allow him to act quickly and decisively? What powers does the president have to respond to events directly?
Q. What factors affect the president's public approval ratings? What can presidents do to increase their approval ratings?
R. What are the functions of the White House communications operation? What are the main ways the White House communicates with the media and the public?
S. What are some of the ways the White House can "stage" the news? Why are reporters sometimes reluctant to take the way the White House presents the news at face value?
T. How does the way President Obama interacts with the media differ from the way other presidents have interacted with the media? What new challenges does President Obama face in dealing with the media?