Fabulous Formless Darkness: Presidential Nominees and the Morass of Inquiry

Research and Commentary

Fixing the Appointment Process: What the Reform Commissions Saw

Alvin S. Felzenberg, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 2001

Research and Commentary

Nasty & Brutish Without Being Short: The State of the Presidential Appointment Process

G. Calvin Mackenzie, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 2001

Research and Commentary

The Senate and Executive Branch Appointments: An Obstacle Course on Capitol Hill?

Burdett Loomis, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 2001

Research and Commentary

Placing the Call to Service: How Past and Future Presidential Appointees View the Appointment Process

Paul C. Light, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 2001

Research and Commentary

First Impressions: A Look Back at Five Presidential Transitions

Stephen Hess, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 2001

Research and Commentary

Why Not the Best? The Loyalty-Competence Trade-Off in Presidential Appointments

George C. Edwards III, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 2001

Research and Commentary

First Impressions: Presidents, Appointments, and the Transition

Stephen Hess, The Presidential Appointee Initiative, September 18, 2000

Research and Commentary

The Veto-Free Presidency: George W. Bush (2001-Present)

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, The Brookings Institution, July 01, 2006

Research and Commentary

Brookings Scholar Examines Dynamics of Congress's Relationship with President Bush

Thomas E. Mann, The Hill, December 11, 2002

Expert

Stephen Hess

Research and Commentary

Kerry's Supposed Super-liberalism

Michael E. O'Hanlon, The San Diego Union-Tribune, March 24, 2004

Research and Commentary

Presidential Appointee Reform

Paul C. Light, NPR's Morning Edition, July 03, 2003

Research and Commentary

Words vs. Deeds: President George W. Bush and polling

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, The Brookings Institution, June 01, 2003

Research and Commentary

Crusader at the Crossroads

Paul C. Light, Government Executive, August 01, 2001

Research and Commentary

President Bush: 100 Days in the Shadows

Paul C. Light, Government Executive, June 01, 2001

Research and Commentary

Appointees on the Barbie

Paul C. Light, Government Executive, May 01, 2000

Research and Commentary

Portrait of a President Bent on Conflict

Ivo H. Daalder, Financial Times, April 23, 2004

Research and Commentary

The Contemporary Presidency: The Bush White House: First Appraisals

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas and Stephen Hess, Presidential Studies Quarterly, September 01, 2002

Research and Commentary

Judging the President: The Perplexing Role of Religion in Public Life

Alan Wolfe, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 1999

Research and Commentary

Forecasting the Presidential Election: What can we learn from the models?

James E. Campbell and Thomas E. Mann, The Brookings Institution, September 01, 1996