Neustadt and Presidential Power
• Way to persuade is to convince members of Congress that what the W.H. wants of them is what they ought to do for their own sake and on their authority
• Power of persuasion is the power to bargain
• Key is a bargaining game
Neustadt Continued
• All of the players have different advantages:
• President- status of office, public standing (if high), veto, appointments, budget
• Bureaucracy- since also beholden to Congress, will not necessarily go along with what Executive wants
• Congress- hold purse strings, approve appointments
• Public- only important in approval of President and to prove that the actor cares about an issue