Critical Thinking Questions
18. What are the opportunities and limitations for presidential leadership in the contemporary political system?
19. How have presidents used their position to increase the power of the office?
20. What role has technology played increasing the power and reach of presidents?
21. Under what conditions will presidents use direct action? When might they prefer passing a formal policy through Congress as a bill?
22. What do the conditions under which presidents decide to make public pleas suggest about the limits of presidential power?
