Chapter 1: The presidency: origins and powers Origins of the presidency Powers of the president Chapter 2: The president and the public Nominating the president Presidential elections Going public and public approval Chapter 3: The white house staff and organization Roosevelt and Truman: laying the foundations Eisenhower institutionalizes the white house Kennedy and the collegial model Lyndon Johnson's one-man show Nixon's tight hierarchy Ford's and carter's lessons Reagan's contrasting terms Bush's pit bull Clinton's circus Chapter 4: The institutional presidency White house staff and the executive office of the president Office of legislative liaison/office of congressional relations Office of presidential personnel Office of communications Bureau of the budget/office of management and budget National security council staff Office of policy development Chapter 5: The cabinet and the executive branch Origins of the cabinet The cabinet as a deliberative body Departmental secretaries versus the white house staff presidential appointments The executive branch bureaucracy Chapter 6: The president and congress The constitutional fundamentals The veto power The president as legislative leader Cases of presidential leadership The problem of divided government Chapter 7: The president and national security The war power Other constitutional powers The national security council dominates the executive branch Presidential leadership and crisis decision making Chapter 8: Abuse of power and presidential reputation Corruption and abuse of power Presidential popularity and reputation Conclusion: public expectations and the presidency