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Toward a more responsible and effective presidency

UVA’s nonpartisan Miller Center of Public Affairs convenes presidential experts—dozens of leading Democrats and Republicans, scholars from across the country, and top journalists—for the second biennial Conference on the American Presidency, a series of constructive conversations about the modern presidency.
Guian McKee, Rachel Potter, Andrew Rudalevige, William Antholis, Alexander Bick, Everett Eissenstat, Mara Rudman, Sarah Wilson, Sidney Milkis, Louisa Terrell, Ashley Deeks, Eric Edelman, Saikrishna Prakash, Russell Riley, Allan Stam, and Philip Zelikow
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UVA Miller Center celebrates 50 years with Conference on the American Presidency

“We have our current president, whose popularity hasn’t really risen above 50%, and that’s okay, because his idea is really to play to those members of his base,” Selverstone said. “And we have seen something of the same thing going on with Democrats as well, increasingly so over time. For the last two Democratic presidents, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden, there have been a host of partisan policies as well.”
Marc Selverstone
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On 50th anniversary, UVA Miller Center examines the modern presidency

“They come in with an electoral mandate, they come in with a set of ideas and a team and they want to bring about real change,” said Alexander Bick, a scholar at the conference. “And I think there’s a tension between that momentum and that expectation on the one hand and a constitutional system which is designed to actually slow the policy process down.”
Alexander Bick
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UVA Miller Center celebrates 50 years with Conference on the American Presidency

“We have our current president, whose popularity hasn’t really risen above 50%, and that’s okay, because his idea is really to play to those members of his base,” Selverstone said. “And we have seen something of the same thing going on with Democrats as well, increasingly so over time. For the last two Democratic presidents, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden, there have been a host of partisan policies as well.”
Marc Selverstone
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On 50th anniversary, UVA Miller Center examines the modern presidency

“They come in with an electoral mandate, they come in with a set of ideas and a team and they want to bring about real change,” said Alexander Bick, a scholar at the conference. “And I think there’s a tension between that momentum and that expectation on the one hand and a constitutional system which is designed to actually slow the policy process down.”
Alexander Bick