Posted on 02/28/2009 1:38:21 PM PST by FocusNexus
Unilateral leader
With 16 executive orders and 11 memorandums issued to the executive branch in his first 30 days in office, President Barack Obama leads all of his predecessors in volume of unilateral action.
These facts are being tracked by the American Presidency Project, a Web site developed by a pair of political scientists at the University of California-Santa Barbara.
(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...
It is a good site, with lost of info about Obama and it has historical data on other presidents as well.
Example from the site:
Obama's Going Public Style
After 37 days in office, Obama's administration continues to be the leader in use of unilateral powers of the presidency (30 actions vs. an average of 14.5 for the comparison group). Obama's "going public" strategy has also been distinctive. Obama has been among the slowest of our group of "change presidents" to use his "bully pulpit" to address the nation as a whole about his priorities. This is clear in the adjacent chart.
However, Obama has been very active in participating in public events at which he makes "remarks." Obama recorded more such events in the first five weeks of his presidency than any presidents in our comparison group. He's also done more events outside Washington, D.C. than the others.
“He’s also done more events outside Washington, D.C. than the others. “
Well he sure do like that Air Force One, that’s fo shizzle.
How about just calling it the American King Project?
Odd. Where’s Bush Sr.?
Wow! The dems sure do lead in that.
BTW, thanks for the heads up on that site. It’s very good.
I wonder if he has the AirForce One crew looking into Spinners for the wheels yet?
I also wonder if their working on a way to fit 20K+ Watts of 18” bass drivers into AF1 so he can properly listen to his tunes.
Ruling by fiat. No surprise. We knew this would happen.
That’s what autocrats do. Obama is the first to convincingly combine dedication to socialism with an autocratic mindset.
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