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Books
Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America, 3rd ed. (Yale UP, 2019). 
    1st ed., 2004.
Predicting the Presidency: The Potential of Persuasive Leadership​ (Princeton       ​UP, 2016)
Overreach: Leadership in the Obama Presidency  (Princeton UP, 2012).
The Strategic President: Persuasion and Opportunity in Presidential 
    Leadership (Princeton UP, 2009).
The Oxford Handbook of the American Presidency  (Oxford UP, 2009), co-
    editor.
The Polarized Presidency of George W. Bush (Oxford UP, 2007), co-
    editor.
Governing by Campaigning: The Politics of the Bush Presidency, 2nd ed. 
    (Longman, 2007). 1st ed., 2006.
Presidential Politics  (Wadsworth, 2005).
New Challenges for the American Presidency  (Longman, 2004), co-editor.
On Deaf Ears: The Limits of the Bully Pulpit  (Yale UP, 2003).
Researching the Presidency  (U. of Pittsburgh Press, 1993), co-editor.
Presidential Approval  (Johns Hopkins UP, 1990). 
At the Margins: Presidential Leadership of Congress  (Yale UP, 1989).
National Security and the U.S. Constitution  (Johns Hopkins UP, 1988), 
    co-editor.
The Presidency and Public Policy Making  (U. of Pittsburgh Press, 1985), 
    co-editor.
Public Policy Implementation  (JAI Press, 1984), editor.
The Public Presidency  (St. Martin's, 1983).
Studying the Presidency  (U. of Tennessee Press, 1983), co-editor.
Implementing Public Policy  (Congressional Quarterly Press, 1980).
Presidential Influence in Congress  (W.H. Freeman, 1980).
The Policy Predicament  (W.H. Freeman, 1978), co-author.
Perspectives on Public Policy-Making  (Tulane, 1975), co-editor.

Textbooks
Presidential Leadership: Politics and Policy Making, 9th edition (Cengage 2018), co-author. 
Government in America, 17th edition (Pearson 2019), co-author.

Selected Articles
Exclusive Interview with President Jimmy Carter
Presidential Studies Quarterly 38.1 (May 2007).

“Who Influences Whom?  The President, Congress, and the Media” 
American Political Science Review 93 (June 1999): 327-344.

“Who Rallies?  The Anatomy of a Rally Event” 
Journal of Politics 59 (February 1997): 200-212.

“The Legislative Impact of Divided Government” 
American Journal of Political Science 41 (April 1997): 545-563.


“Explaining Presidential Approval: The Significance of Issue Salience” 
American Journal of Political Science 39 (February 1995): 108-134.

 “Presidential Influence in Congress: If We Ask the Wrong Questions, We Get the Wrong Answers” 
American Journal of Political Science 35 (August 1991): 724-729.

“Measuring Presidential Success in Congress: Alternative Approaches”
  Journal of Politics, 47 (May 1985).

“Presidential Electoral Performance as a Source of Presidential Power” 
American Journal of Political Science 22 (February 1978): 152-168.

“Presidential Influence in the House: Presidential Prestige as a Source of Presidential Power” 
American Political Science Review 70 (March 1976): 101-113.
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