Articles
The Public Presidency, Personal Approval Ratings, and Policy Making - Brandice Canes-Wrone
If the News Is So Bad, Why Are Presidential Polls So High? Presidents, the News Media, and the Mass Public in an Era of New Media - Jeffrey E. Cohen
Verbal Certainty in American Politics: An Overview and Extension - Roderick P. Hart, Jay P. Childers
The Second Face of the Public Presidency: Presidential Polling and the Shift from Policy to Personality Polling - Lawrence R. Jacobs, Melanie Burns
The Changing Presidential Media Environment - Martin P. Wattenberg
Presidential Rhetoric and Economic Leadership - B. Dan Wood
Presidential Rhetoric and the Power of Definition - David Zarefsky
Features
The Contemporary Presidency: The Presidency and Image Management: Discipline in Pursuit of Illusion - Jeremy D. Mayer
Elections: The American Process of Selecting a President: A Comparative Perspective - Matthew Soberg Shugart
The Law: Recess Appointments to Article III Courts - Henry B. Hogue
Source Material: New Presidents and Network News: Covering the First Year in Office of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush - Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter
Book Reviews
Models of Voting in Presidential Elections: The 2000 U.S. Election - D. Sunshine Hillygus
The Presidency and the Law: The Clinton Legacy - Michael E. Bailey
On Deaf Ears: The Limits of the Bully Pulpit - Paul Brace
FDR and Fear Itself: The First Inaugural Address - Karen S. Johnson-Cartee
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln: Competing Perspectives on Two Great Presidencies - David Brian Robertson
The Presidency and Political Science: Two Hundred Years of Constitutional Debate - Richard J. Ellis
Workways of Governance: Monitoring Our Government's Health - Karen M. Kedrowski
Administrative Renewal: Reorganization Commissions in the 20th Century - Michelle L. Chin
Empowering the White House: Governance under Nixon, Ford, and Carter - Matthew J. Dickinson
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