Table of Contents

Preface; The Disconnect Between Going Public and the Rational Public in Presidential Policymaking; From a Sponsored Status to Satellite to Her Own Orbit: The First Lady News at a New Century; The Collapse of an Inherited Agenda: George Bush and the Reagan Foreign Policy Legacy; The First Ladies Character: Applying Barbers Character Study to the Presidential Spouses; Required Reading for the President and New Presidential Advisors: Lessons Learned on Getting Started and Exercising Presidential Leadership; President George W. Bush Cabinet Nominees; The Heart of the Fillmore Presidency: Abigail Powers Fillmore and the White House Library; The Social and Political Influence of Betty Ford: Betty Bloomer Blossoms; "Vermonts Brigadoon" President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site; The Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation; The Rhetoric of Presidential Veto Messages; The Politics of Presidential Appointments: A Thorny Business; Governing the Devil in Hell: Bleeding Kansas and the Destruction of the Franklin Pierce Presidency (-); Debunking the Myth: Carter, Congress, and the Politics of Airline Deregulation; The New Bush White House Staff: Choices Being Made; First Ladies and Their Causes or Charities: A Historical Chronology; Readings on the White House, the Presidential Wives, and Washington, D.C.; The Love Story of Harry and Bess Truman; Remembering a Servant Family: The Bowdens and Popes Creek Plantation; The President Benjamin Harrison Home; A Woman President: Is America Ready?; Is America Ready for a Woman President? Is the Pope Protestant? Does a Bear Live in a City?; Does the Oval Office Have a Glass Ceiling? Gender Stereotypes and Perceptions of Candidate Viability; Footwear, Lipstick, and an Orthodox Sabbath: Media Coverage of Nontraditional Candidates; Can a Woman be Elected President? Strategic Considerations under Reformed Nomination and Financing Rules; The Next Contender: Assessing the Pool of Women Candidates for President; The Path to the Presidency; The "First Woman" Concept; Jacqueline Kennedys White House Renovations; The White House Project; The Hermitage: The Home Of Andrew Jackson; George Washingtons Character and Slavery; Separating Rhetoric from Policy: Speechwriting under Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter; Clintons Greatest Legislative Achievement? The Success of the Budget Reconciliation Bill; Ranking and Evaluating Presidents: The Case of Theodore Roosevelt; Regime Formation and Maturation in the White House: The Rise of Internationalism during the Administration of Theodore Roosevelt; From a Passionate Washingtonia Collector; The First Lady as Presidential Advisor, Policy Advocate, and Surrogate: Rosalynn Carter and the Political Role of the First Lady; James K. Polk Memorial State Historic Site; Ronald Reagan Birthplace; The Post-modern Presidency: Bill Clintons Legacy in U.S. Politics; Index.