WEEK 6 BLOG



How exactly do you consider presidential "legislative success"?  For you, is the notion of "roll call" victories important?  Do you view agenda victories as more important?  Do you feel that in the situation of "divided government" the presidential veto, when used to halt Congress from acting, is a form of success?  Or does the negative power of the veto conflict with the ways in which the "FDR" model of presidential leadership of Congress has been touted by many scholars?