topic 3 informal sources of presidential power Flashcards
the cabinet power in the consitution
consittuationally the cabinet has no formal power eith all extecutive power bieng vested in a president
simply just advising the president
changing role of the cabinet
now consitis of head of 15 department and additional memebers that a president chooses are reflective of police priorieis or natinal cricumstances
how is the cabinet a source of presdiential power
- policy specialists help offer opinions to policies
- presdinet can send members as a represntative to him for explae them a new presdient of mexico was elected in 2018 allowing presdint to be everywehre at once
- symbolic value. clintonn famously wanted a cabinet that ‘looked like america’ greater diversity in cabinet resembing america reflecting thier views on diverity in america which can gain a good media image strenghening public opinion
tim geithner
ex Tim Geithner was obamas choice of sec of trasury after he was the persdien t of the federal reseve bank of new yokr, this experiences stegnthed the president durint the economic crash such as requiring banks to go through stress tests
most diverse cabinet
obama 7 women 4 african american 3 asians 2 republicans
power of persuausion
each president has the same constitutional powers that are checked by congress. and therefore the president must rely on something else to achieve policy goals by persuasion
ways persuasion can be achieved?
- appealing directly and morally to congress through the media
ex obamas rose gardne speech maintained it was neececary to take miltiary action over syrai as the leader of the olderst cosittional democracy in the world he would aks congress for its approval - white house cna be used as a bully pulpit. the white house it such an importnat place that speakign from ti to cognress or the public can place pressure onthsoe with legislative control
- own personal gravitas throguh methods like phoning congressional leaders or having personal meetings with them
ex. boama having frequent meetings with republican speaker to advance agenda
vice president consitutional powers
- take over from presdient
- be the deciding vote is needed in the senate
changing role of the VP
- important in the election as a running mate important as balancing the ticket
- offer expertise and influence the presdient
bidens 20 years experince in the senate foreing affairs committe helps with iraq and afghanistan
EXOP
the agencies that work within or directly for the white-house organised by the president and staffed with people who are loyal to him.
often refered to as the west wing
importnace of the EXOP
executive power means that appointmetns arent ratified by the senate
steve bannon was appointed to the expo and was names the second most powerful man in american under TRUMP but his power wasnt checked byt he senate
appointed to the national security council
OMB
the omb is the office of managemnt and budget and developes the annual budget for president to submit to congress
can also advise president on policy and budget
the leader has to be approved by the senate
koweldge is very powerful at ahcning the bugest and mind of the presdient
national security council
advises predient on security and FP attended by vice presdietn adn secutary of state, treasury and defense.
porivdes advice and daily breifings of security
can create conflcit with the fepartment of defense which saw susan rice (NSC) and hagel (dod) have rivalry
example of divided government causing problems
the coattails effect is the idea that if a president convincingly wins an election they are more likely to attract support of other candidiates of the same party going into congress,which makes it easier for a presdient to pass legsialtion throuhg
without this it can be much harder.
what % apprival rating did teump have after midterms
33%
