PART I: THE CURRENT STATE OF RELATIONS BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND PARTY
PARTY HISTORY
Parties were originally formed in the 1830s in order to hold the constitutional presidency accountable to a highly decentralized system, but since the creation of parties, presidents have become dependent on them for both campaigning and governing (Milkis and Rhodes 2009, 1-26). In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, presidents have used the support of their party members in Congress to establish programs that will secure authority for them to exercise autonomous power (Milkis and Rhodes 2009, 1-26).
The first presidents to practice a strong relationship between the presidency and the party were President Reagan and President George W. Bush. In order to
PARTY HISTORY
Parties were originally formed in the 1830s in order to hold the constitutional presidency accountable to a highly decentralized system, but since the creation of parties, presidents have become dependent on them for both campaigning and governing (Milkis and Rhodes 2009, 1-26). In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, presidents have used the support of their party members in Congress to establish programs that will secure authority for them to exercise autonomous power (Milkis and Rhodes 2009, 1-26).
The first presidents to practice a strong relationship between the presidency and the party were President Reagan and President George W. Bush. In order to