The "going public" strategy has become more important for the modern president for all of the following reasons EXCEPT which one?
a. Modern communications make the strategy relatively easy.
b. Power in Congress is more fragmente
d.
c. The presidential selection process favors people who are better communicators than they are political bargainers.
d. The president can use the media to develop a personal connection with the publi
c.
e. The public does not care about the communications skills of the president.
e
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Private ownership of the media in the United States makes the American news industry
A) dependent on government subsidies. B) dependent on advertising revenues. C) less free to cover stories that are of interest to the audience. D) less concerned about ratings than media in other countries. E) a product of popular trends.
A voting bloc composed of legislators who support a piece of legislation is also referred to as a(n) ______.
A. legislative coalition B. portfolio coalition C. connected coalition D. legislative coalition
In Wayman v. Southard (1825), the Supreme Court upheld a congressional grant of power of the Court to
a. determine the Court's own rules of procedure. b. determine the Court's own docket. c. determine the Court's structure. d. None of the above is true.
What precipitated the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a. the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech b. the Greensboro, N.C., lunch counter sit-in c. the arrest of Rosa Parks in Montgomery, Ala. d. the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson