VOLUME 38, NUMBER 4 - DECEMBER 2008
Article
The Mixed Legacies of Ronald Reagan - Hugh Heclo
Symposium: The President and the Press
Presidential Press Relations - Martha Joynt Kumar
Who Speaks for the People? The President, the Press, and Public Opinion in the United States - Bartholomew H. Sparrow
George Akerson's Legacy: Continuity and Change in White House Press Operations - Charles E. Walcott, Karen M. Hult
The Presidency and Local Media: Local Newspaper Coverage of President George W. Bush - Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, Jeffrey S. Peake
Who's the Fairest of them All? An Empirical Test for Partisan Bias on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News - Tim Groeling
Presidential Communication in the Internet Era - Diana Owen, Richard Davis
Conveying Presidential News: The White House Press Corps Covers the President - Martha Joynt Kumar
Lessons Learned the Hard Way: Questioning Presidents - Alexis Simendinger
Memorandum to the President-Elect - Mike McCurry
Features
The Contemporary Presidency: "An Excess of Refinement": Lame Duck Presidents in Constitutional and Historical Context - David A. Crockett
The Law: Presidential Misuse of the Pardon Power - Jeffrey Crouch
Polls and Elections: Editorial Cartoons 2.0: The Effects of Digital Political Satire on Presidential Candidate Evaluations - Jody C. Baumgartner
Book Reviews
The Politics of Economic Leadership: The Causes and Consequences of Presidential Rhetoric by B. Dan Wood - William D. Anderson
The Politics of Presidential Appointments: Political Control and Bureaucratic Performance by David E. Lewis - Patrick Roberts
Economic Instruments of Security Policy—Influencing Choices of Leaders by Gary M. Shiffman - Dennis S. Edwards
Mandate Politics by Lawrence J. Grossman, David A.M. Peterson, and James A. Stimson - Jon K. Dalager
Managing the President's Message: The White House Communications Operation by Martha Joynt Kumar - Zoe M. Oxley
While Dangers Gather: Congressional Checks on Presidential War Powers by William G. Howell and Jon C. Pevehouse - Jeffrey S. Peake
