Making Change: A Six-Month Review
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Gregory Koger
This article surveys President Obama's policy agenda-setting for the first six months of his term. I consider whether the conditions ripe for an ambitious policy agenda and summarize the logic of Presidential agenda-setting. I use this framework to explain the Democrats' agenda for 2009, summarize their progress thus far, and discuss the implications for the Democratic Party in 2010 and after. Although the Democrats have made significant progress on their policy goals, they have not reaped the full political rewards from this success. Instead, the majority party will likely be judged on the pace of economic recovery and whether they pass significant health care reform, with climate change as a second major agenda item.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Introduction
- The Politics of Immigration Reform
- Article
- Navigating an American Minefield: The Politics of Illegal Immigration
- Immigration Reform: Strategies for Legislative Action
- Immigration & Immigration Reform in the United States: An Outsider's View
- Taking Immigration Federalism Seriously
- Why "Comprehensive Immigration Reform" Is Not Comprehensive
- Defining the Circle of We: American Identity and Immigration Policy
- Immigration, Diversity, and Welfare Chauvinism
- Making Change: A Six-Month Review
- Do the Strategists Know Something We Don't Know? Campaign Decisions in American Elections
- Review
- Review of Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West
- Review of America and Its Critics: Virtues and Vices of the Democratic Hyperpower
- A Rebuttal to O'Connor
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Introduction
- The Politics of Immigration Reform
- Article
- Navigating an American Minefield: The Politics of Illegal Immigration
- Immigration Reform: Strategies for Legislative Action
- Immigration & Immigration Reform in the United States: An Outsider's View
- Taking Immigration Federalism Seriously
- Why "Comprehensive Immigration Reform" Is Not Comprehensive
- Defining the Circle of We: American Identity and Immigration Policy
- Immigration, Diversity, and Welfare Chauvinism
- Making Change: A Six-Month Review
- Do the Strategists Know Something We Don't Know? Campaign Decisions in American Elections
- Review
- Review of Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West
- Review of America and Its Critics: Virtues and Vices of the Democratic Hyperpower
- A Rebuttal to O'Connor
