D dangerously imperial in character 3 rossiter views

d) dangerously imperial in character.
3. Rossiter views the president's duties as:

4. Rossiter writes that the president's constitutional responsibilities are to be:
5. Rossiter states that it should be taken for granted that all people of sense will:
Reading #49
Richard Neustadt's selection was written in the same era as Clinton Rossiter's piece. The major difference
between Rossiter and Neustadt is not to be found in their different values of what a president should be, but in
their differing approaches to the nature of the institution. The implication of Rossiter's article is that the
presidency is in fact imperial, whereas the thrust of Neustadt's piece is that a powerful presidency can only be
produced by a highly skilled politician in the White House. The essential power of the presidency is the power
to persuade, not to rule by prerogative.
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
1. Contrast Neustadt with Rossiter. How do their views on the presidency differ? (In short, to Rossiter the
president is a king; to Neustadt, a clerk.)
2. Expand upon Neustadt's five categories of presidential constituents: executive officialdom, Congress, his
political partisans, citizens at large, and foreign nations
3. Since Neustadt claims that the Constitution makes the president a mere clerk, why do other parts of the
government accept his authority?