Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 1 Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Chapter Twelve: The President

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 2 1.Identify the types of people who typically undertake serious campaigns for the presidency. 2.Distinguish some of the major roles of the president, including head of state, chief executive, commander in chief, chief diplomat, chief legislator, party chief, and politician. 3.Describe some of the special powers of the president, and tell how a president can be removed from office. 4.Explain the organization of the executive branch, and in particular, the executive office of the president. 5.Evaluate the role of the vice president, and describe what happens if the presidency becomes vacant.

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 3 A “Natural Born Citizen” Presidential Characteristics The Process of Becoming President Twelfth Amendment

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 4 The youngest president ever elected was John F. Kennedy (1961–1963). Despite his youth, Kennedy had serious health problems that he kept secret. Could a presidential candidate do such a thing today? AP Images

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 5 The oldest president ever elected was Ronald Reagan (1981–1989). Could Reagan’s age have helped him with some voters? AP Images/White House

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 6 Head of State Chief Executive The powers of appointment and removal The power to grant reprieves and pardons

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 7 President Obama announced new priorities that will cut the Pentagon budget by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade. How are top members of the military likely to react to budget cuts? Mark Wilson/Getty Images News/Getty Images

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 8 Commander in Chief Wartime powers Power over the National Guard The War Powers Resolution

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 9 Chief Diplomat Diplomatic recognition Proposal and ratification of treaties Recent treaty efforts Executive agreements

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 10 President George H. W. Bush (1989–1993) is the father of President George W. Bush ( ). Here, he is shown meeting with the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia. Why would a president spend time in such a meeting? AP Images/Barry Thumma

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 11 Chief Legislator Creating the congressional agenda State of the Union message Getting legislation passed Saying no to legislation The line-item veto Congress’s power to override presidential vetoes

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 12 President George W. Bush (2001–2009) gives a State of the Union address while Vice President Dick Cheney and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi listen. Where is that address given? AP Images/Charles Dharapak

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 13 The President as Party Chief and Superpolitician The president as chief of party Patronage Presidential constituencies Public approval “Going public”

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 14 Sources: Adapted from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research: Gallup and USA Today/CNN polls, March 1992 through June 2012 and Real Clear Politics.

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 15 President Jimmy Carter with his wife Rosalynn in Carter had just accepted renomination from the Democratic National Convention, but he went on to lose resoundingly to Republican Ronald Reagan. For what reasons can a sitting president lose popularity? Ken Regan/Camera 5/Getty Images

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 16 Emergency Powers Executive Orders Executive Privilege Invoking executive privilege Limiting executive privilege

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 17 President Richard Nixon (1969–1974) says goodbye outside the White House after his resignation on August 9, 1974, as he prepares to board a helicopter for a flight to nearby Andrews Air Force Base. Was Nixon impeached? AP Images

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 18 Signing Statements Abuses of Executive Power and Impeachment Presidents Andrew Johnson and Richard Nixon President Bill Clinton

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 19 The Cabinet Members of the cabinet Kitchen cabinet Presidential use of cabinets

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 20 Members of the national security team receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House on May 1, What happened to bin Laden? Pete Souza/EPA/Landov

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 21 The Executive Office of the President The White House Office Chief of staff The White House Military Office White House Staff Influence The Office of Management and Budget The National Security Council

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 22 The Vice President’s Job Strengthening the ticket Supporting the president Presidential Succession When the president becomes incapacitated When the vice presidency becomes vacant The Succession Act of 1947

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 23 Vice President Joe Biden frequently appears on television talk shows and at conferences. What are the official duties of the vice president? iStock.com/EdStock

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 24 Only eight presidents have died in office, after which their vice presidents became president. When John F. Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, then–Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president by a federal judge. Standing alongside Johnson ( ) was Kennedy’s widow, Jacqueline Kennedy. Who becomes president if both the president and the vice president are killed? AP Images/White House/Cecil Stoughton

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 25

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 26 Click picture to view video

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved What were Gerald Ford’s greatest political assets as president? 2.Did Ford make the right move in pardoning Richard Nixon? 3.Ford’s public approval ratings were low during his presidency. Is he viewed more favorably today?