What A President Should Know

An Insider's View on How to Succeed in the Oval Office

Lawrence B. Lindsey, Marc Sumerlin

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Year: 2007
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781461663430
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: American Government
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The winner of the presidential election will need to get quickly up-to-speed on how to manage the government. What are the likely issues he will encounter on the first day in the Oval Office? What does he do about the cost of the Iraq War? He'll get blamed if there's another terrorist attack, so what does he need to do that first day and the days and weeks to come to realistically and prudently prevent such an attack? How's the economy? What kind of policies can he now really propose based upon the present state of the economy and the tax-base that supports federal programs? He promised during the campaign to tackle big issues like healthcare, education, energy, immigration, international trade, and taxation. If he's going to hold himself to his own campaign rhetoric then he'd better surround himself with political savvy, fiscally astute advisers-like Lindsey and Sumerlin.

This book is for the next president of the United States, all the policy-makers-in-waiting, and, most importantly, political junkies who appreciate that these authors were Oval Office advisors and that they understand what it takes to get a new administration up-and-running.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• 1. Inside the Oval, Again
• 2. The Corrupting Walls of the West Wing
• 3. Pay Any Price, Bear Any Burden
• 4. Engaging the Enemy
• 5. Are We Ready for Another Dark Day?
• 6. At the Helm of the Economy
• 7. A World of Porous Borders
• 8. Tackling the Big Problems Confronting America
• 9. The Reaction to Fear Itself
• 10. The End of the Line
• 11. Don’t Stay Too Long
• Notes
• Acknowledgments
• Index
• About the Authors