The Prospect of Presidential RhetoricJames Arnt Aune Culminating a decade of conferences that have explored presidential speech, The Prospect of Presidential Rhetoric assesses progress and suggests directions for both the practice of presidential speech and its study. In Part One, following an analytic review of the field by Martin Medhurst, contributors address the state of the art in their own areas of expertise. Roderick P. Hart then summarizes their work in the course of his rebuttal of an argument made by political scientist George Edwards: that presidential rhetoric lacks political impact. Part Two of the volume consists of the forward-looking reports of six task forces, comprising more than forty scholars, charged with outlining the likely future course of presidential rhetoric, as well as the major questions scholars should ask about it and the tools at their disposal. The Prospect of Presidential Rhetoric will serve as a pivotal work for students and scholars of public discourse and the presidency who seek to understand the shifting landscape of American political leadership. |
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... Senate on Supreme Court Nominations Trevor Parry-Giles, University of Maryland 6. 99 The Rhetorical Presidency and the Myth of the American Dream Leroy Dorsey, Texas A&M University 7. 130 Of Allies and Enemies: Old Wine in New Bottles ...
... Senate on Supreme Court Nominations Trevor Parry-Giles, University of Maryland 6. 99 The Rhetorical Presidency and the Myth of the American Dream Leroy Dorsey, Texas A&M University 7. 130 Of Allies and Enemies: Old Wine in New Bottles ...
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... Senate confirms them. Board members are appointed for a fourteen-year term, while the chairman is appointed for a four-year term.3 After World War II, banks went on something of a lending spree, unconcerned about reserve requirements ...
... Senate confirms them. Board members are appointed for a fourteen-year term, while the chairman is appointed for a four-year term.3 After World War II, banks went on something of a lending spree, unconcerned about reserve requirements ...
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... Senate Banking Committee and the Join Economic Committee. Senator Paul Douglas, solidly on the left of the Democratic Party and a former professor of economics, supported the Fed's position. He gave a speech before Congress in which he ...
... Senate Banking Committee and the Join Economic Committee. Senator Paul Douglas, solidly on the left of the Democratic Party and a former professor of economics, supported the Fed's position. He gave a speech before Congress in which he ...
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... Senate Banking Committee meeting, and the next day's Washington Post headline read: “Greenspan Tells Administration to Stop Pressure.”28 The conflict got worse under Bush. Bush I Bush appointed Richard G. Darman as budget director ...
... Senate Banking Committee meeting, and the next day's Washington Post headline read: “Greenspan Tells Administration to Stop Pressure.”28 The conflict got worse under Bush. Bush I Bush appointed Richard G. Darman as budget director ...
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... Senate. The only Republican support had come from Greenspan.34 Clinton gladly reappointed Greenspan to another term, commenting that if Greenspan died he would have to be stuffed and propped like the character in Weekend at Bernie's.35 ...
... Senate. The only Republican support had come from Greenspan.34 Clinton gladly reappointed Greenspan to another term, commenting that if Greenspan died he would have to be stuffed and propped like the character in Weekend at Bernie's.35 ...
Contents
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Chapter 4 The Return of the Imperial Presidency | 69 |
Chapter 5 To Produce A Judicious Choice | 99 |
Chapter 6 The Rhetorical Presidency and the Myth of the American Dream | 130 |
Chapter 7 Of Allies and Enemies | 160 |
Chapter 8 Revising the Cold War Narrative to Encompass Terrorist Threats | 182 |
Chapter 11 Report of the National Task Force on the Presidency and Deliberative Democracy | 251 |
Chapter 12 Report of the National Task Force on Presidential Communication to Congress | 272 |
Chapter 13 Report of the National Task Force on the Presidency and Public Opinion | 293 |
Chapter 14 Report of the National Task Force on the Ethical Responsibilities of the Presidential Rhetoric | 317 |
Chapter 15 Report of the National Task Force on the Theory and Practice of the Rhetorical Presidency | 340 |
Chapter 16 Report of the National Task Force on Presidential Rhetoric in Times of Crisis | 355 |
Contributors | 379 |
Index | 381 |
Chapter 9 George W Bush Public Faith and the Culture of War over SameSex Marriage | 209 |
Chapter 10 Thinking Harder About Presidential Discourse | 238 |
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