TY - BOOK AU - Rockman,Bert A. AU - Rudalevige,Andrew AU - Campbell,Colin TI - The Obama presidency: appraisals and prospects SN - 9781608716852 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - E907 .O226 2012 U1 - 973.932092 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE/CQ Press KW - Obama, Barack. KW - United States KW - Politics and government KW - 2009-2017 N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction : a counterfactual presidency / Bert A. Rockman, Andrew Rudalevige -- "Change we can believe in" meets reality / Joel D. Aberbach -- Strategic assessments : evaluating opportunities and strategies in the Obama presidency / George C. Edwards III -- Political forces on the Obama presidency : from election '08 to governing / James E. Campbell -- Public opinion and the presidency : the Obama and anti-Obama coalitions / Gary C. Jacobson -- Obama and the public presidency : what got you here won't get you there / Diane J. Heith -- The privileges of access : interest groups and the White House / Lawrence R. Jacobs -- Rivals, or a team? : staff and issue management in the Obama administration / Andrew Rudalevige -- Obama and the 111th Congress : doing big things / Barbara Sinclair -- Obama and the law : judicial restraint at the crossroads / David A. Yalof -- Ambition, necessity, and polarization in the Obama domestic agenda / Christopher H. Foreman, Jr -- Continuity and change in Obama's foreign policy / Robert Singh -- Economic crisis and political change : a new new deal? / M. Stephen Weatherford -- Concluding thoughts : president, person, and system / Bert A. Rockman, Eric N. Waltenburg, Colin Campbell ER -