“Political time” has been a concept used to understand and think about the presidency in a new way. The essay focuses on political time and how it allows us to think of presidential history and presidential politics. There were many ways to look at the presidency in American Political Development. On page 5 in the article, the author explains the third look at the presidency in APD as taking aim at an office that has been persistent in driving political change since the beginning of the constitutional history. This means that the president is abiding by the constitution in handling its duties as a president and responding to political change. Stephen Skowronek explains this concept of political time and uses different examples on how the concept
