The George W. Bush Presidency: An Early AssessmentBetween his inauguration and September 11, 2001, George W. Bush's presidency appeared to lack focus. The rhetoric of the campaign trail did not readily translate into concrete policies and a closely divided Congress restrained executive action. The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, however, changed all of that. In their aftermath, Bush emerged as a strong, decisive leader with a deep sense of purpose and certainty that inspired many Americans, even as it alienated much of the rest of the world. In The George W. Bush Presidency: An Early Assessment, noted presidential scholar Fred I. Greenstein brings together a distinguished group of political scientists to consider the first two-and-a-half years of the George W. Bush presidency, from his leadership style and political ethos to his budgetary and foreign policies to his relationship with Congress, the electorate, and the American public. This balanced and timely volume concludes with an invaluable insider's view of the president and his administration by John J. DiIulio, the first Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Contributors: Richard A. Brody, Ivo Daalder, John J. Dilulio, Jr., John Fortier, Hugh Heclo, Karen M. Hult, Gary Jacobson, Charles O. Jones, James Lindsay, Norman Ornstein, and Allen Schick |
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To remain passive would have been to court impeachment. But it is unlikely that a
President Gore would have gone on to wage war in Iraq, and Gore almost
certainly would not have sought to revive a flagging economy with a massive tax
cut.
... of Greenwich, Connecticut, the younger Bush went to public school in the West
Texas town of Midland, where oil was the dominant economic force and the
ambience was that of tract houses, Little League baseball, and easy informality.
He was an economic conservative, he explained, holding that cutting taxes
fosters economic growth, but he recognized that there was no assurance that the
benefits of conservative economic policies could reach all groups in society.
Above all, Bush promoted his signature policy for stimulating the economy—
further tax reduction. ... In short, he invoked the controversial “supply-side”
economic theory that had informed the huge tax cut of Ronald Reagan's first year
in the ...
Therein lies a potential irony. The senior Bush suffered politically from the lack of
vision. If the supply-side remedy of tax cuts fails to alleviate the nation's economic
woes or there is a dire aftermath to victory in the Iraq war, the junior Bush may ...
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Chapter 3 The Bush White House in Comparative Perspective | 51 |
Chapter 4 Bushs Budget Problem | 78 |
Chapter 5 Bushs Foreign Policy Revolution | 100 |
Legislative Strategist | 138 |
Chapter 7 Capitalizing on Position in a Perfect Tie | 173 |
Chapter 8 The Bush Presidency and the American Electorate | 197 |
Chapter 9 President Bush and the Public | 228 |
Chapter 10 A View from Within | 245 |
Notes | 261 |
About the Contributors | 297 |
Index | 303 |