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Executive Policymaking: The Role of the OMB in the Presidency, a book co-edited by Executive Dean and Political Science Professor Meena Bose, introduces readers to the operations and responsibilities of the Office of Management and Budget, one of the federal government’s most powerful but least understood agencies, according to Dr. Bose.

Executive Policymaking: The Role of the OMB in the Presidency was published by Brookings Institution Press and is available on Kindle and in paperback format.

Executive Policymaking: The Role of the OMB in the Presidency

Dr. Bose directed Hofstra's 13th presidential conference. During each presidential conference, Hofstra brings together scholars, policy makers, and journalists for panels and roundtables to discuss a president's campaign, political leadership, policy agenda, and legacy.

The event continued Hofstra’s distinguished tradition of hosting conferences on the administrations of every U.S. president since the university’s founding in 1935, from Franklin Delano Roosevelt forward. hofstra.edu/obama

The Barack Obama Presidency: Hope and Change

How Does U.S. Standing Abroad Influence Presidential Power at Home?

Understanding Prospects for Change: An Early Assessment of Foreign-Policy Leadership in the Obama Administration

The George W. Bush Presidency: Domestic and Economic Policy (Political Leaders and Their Assessment)

Change in the White House? Comparing the Presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama 

U.S. Presidential Leadership at the Un, 1945 to Present (White House Studies)

The Uses and Abuses of Presidential Ratings

This volume examines the challenges of winning the White House and becoming president in the twenty-first century. Beginning with the resources candidates must secure to gain their party’s nomination, continuing through the general election campaign, and concluding with the challenges that the victor will face upon taking office, From Votes to Victory  presents cogent analysis of the path from campaign to governance.In focusing on the 2008 presidential race as a case study of twenty-first century presidential campaigns, the volume offers an early assessment of the structural changes that have reshaped presidential elections and governance in recent years. To address these questions about presidential campaigns and governance in the twenty-first century, the contributors met during a one-day symposium at Hofstra University’s Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency on April 3, 2008.From Votes to Victory: Winning and Governing the White House in the Twenty-first Century will be of interest to students of the American presidency and presidential elections and will be a valuable resource for classroom use as well as scholarly research.Contributors to This Volume: Lara M. Brown, Villanova University Lori Cox Han, Chapman University David A. Crockett, Trinity University Diane J. Heith, St. John’s University Victoria Farrar-Myers, University of Texas at Arlington Christopher A. Preble, Cato Institute John C. Fortier, American Enterprise Institute Timothy J. Ryan, University of Michigan David Greenberg, Rutgers University Shirley Anne Warshaw, Gettysburg College

From Votes to Victory: Winning and Governing the White House in the 21st Century

This column by Dr. Meena Bose reflects on current challenges to America’s political system, including electoral college controversies, presidential responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the January 6 assault on the US Capitol.

Opinion: The American presidency faces a triple threat. Can it survive?

Meena Bose is Executive Dean for Public Policy and Public Service Programs, Peter S. Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs, and Director of the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, at Hofstra University. She is the author of Shaping and Signaling Presidential Policy: The National Security Decision Making of Eisenhower and Kennedy (Texas A&M University Press, 1998), and the editor of several volumes in presidential studies, including most recently Executive Policymaking: The Role of the OMB in the Presidency (ed. Meena Bose and Andrew Rudalevige, Brookings Institution Press, 2020). She is an author of the American Government: Institutions and Policies textbook (17th edition forthcoming 2021) and of The Paradoxes of the American Presidency textbook (5th edition, Oxford University Press, 2018).

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Kamala Harris Picks Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as Her Running Mate

Putting Biden’s Withdrawal from the 2024 in Historical Context

What happens next if Biden drops out of the presidential race

Selection of J.D. Vance Energizes the RNC

How Will Assassination Attempt Impact the Presidential Race

SCOTUS immunity decision impact for future presidents

Biden debate flop leads Democrats to call for new nominee — but replacing him is tough to do

Trump made US history as first felon president. Now what?

Newly Announced Debates are Uncharted Territory

Joe Biden's 'Remarkable' Loss to Donald Trump Over Campus Protests

Donald Trump May Not Be Able to Save Mike Johnson

Long road to November vote: Short primary may not benefit voters

How Greg Abbott Forced Democrats to Change

Less than a year until the US presidential elections: what are voters worried about?

Long Islanders remember JFK 60 years after president's assassination

Rosalynn Carter dies: Former first lady visited Hofstra University, Riverhead, other Long Island places

Johnson, Biden need to come together quickly to confront major issues, experts say

Obama Administration Executive Branch Policy Making

Marjorie Taylor Greene Gives Republicans a List of Demands

Age Raises in Concerns in Next Presidential Election

From Hoover to Nixon to Obama, Presidential Centers Call to Protect Democracy

What is the reason for the absence of President Biden in the primary debates?

Pence Qualifies for First Republican National Debate

Donald Trump indictment puts Joe Biden in uncomfortable spot

ALAN DERSHOWITZ SLAMS TRUMP INDICTMENT, SHARES ONE ‘DAMNING PIECE OF EVIDENCE’ IN DOJ'S CASE

Trump Arraignment Unprecedented

A President Faces Prosecution, and a Democracy Is Tested

TRUMP SAYS HE'LL BE ARRESTED TUESDAY AS DA EYES CHARGES

Trump's Ex-Lawyer Defends DeSantis Silence on Possible Manhattan Indictment

The American presidency faces a triple threat. Can it survive?

State of the Union Priorities Could Be Doomed: Experts

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Criminal Probe Into Transport of Migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

Pentagon Rejects DC Mayor's Requests for National Guard

ELON MUSK SLAMS BIDEN: 'THE REAL PRESIDENT IS WHOEVER CONTROLS THE TELEPROMPTER'

Meena Bose *96 Studies the Most Defining Presidential Decisions

Reviewing VP Harris’s Diplomatic Visit to France

GOP BACKS DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT THAT REQUIRES WOMEN TO REGISTER FOR DRAFT

AOC CALLS HARRIS' IMMIGRATION COMMENTS 'DISAPPOINTING' AS VP WARNS MIGRANTS 'DO NOT COME'

Biden speech to Congress: Start time, how to watch and stream

House Passes DC Statehood Bill

Leadership includes humility? Some Republicans see an ideal to revive.

Covering the Inauguration

How Invocation of the 25th Amendment Against Trump Could Backfire On the GOP

Balance of Power in the Senate and Its Implications on the Biden Presidency

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ANNOUNCED ON TWITTER THAT HE'LL BE ANNOUNCING HIS SUPREME COURT NOMINEE THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, AT THE WHITE HOUSE

Trump's virus debate: Project strength or level with public

Republican Convention Recap

US 'Third Party': How New Progressive Movement May Further Divide Dems & Challenge Biden

Analysis: As US reckons over race, Trump becomes a bystander

Trump eyes racial equality debate through economic lens

In Days of Discord, a President Fans the Flames

President's Day Show

Trump hauls out the rhetorical heavy artillery while taking a l’état, c’est moi approach to impeachment

Analysis of the Mueller Report

Dr. Meena Bose on Trump Presidential Books

Trump used the Oval Office to make his border wall pitch — but experts doubt it will sway voters

When Will Ivanka Trump Stop Getting Excused for Screwing Up?

Why Do Candidates Run for Office When There’s Little Chance They Can Win?

Trump and North Korea’s Kim: Caught in a bad romance?

Oprah Winfrey candidate for the presidency of the United States?

Trump’s lawyer says a president can’t technically obstruct justice. Experts say that’s fanciful

President Trump's Do-It-Myself Approach Just Suffered Big and Rare Setback

Hofstra in Hindsight: An Analysis of the First Presidential Debate

Politics and the Pursuit of the U.S. Presidency

Trump had a busy morning on social media.

President trump tries to sell policy agenda with twitter attacks on nfl, congress, dems, corker

Powerful. Petty. Politically astute. Are President Trump's Twitter feuds (among the most recent with retiring Republican Senator Bob Corker and the NFL over players kneeling during the national anthem) advancing or hindering his agenda as the clock ticks away on his administration's chance to achieve meaningful legislative victories on key proposals such as tax reform. Hofstra public relations, social media and political science experts are available to discuss the cultural and policy implications of the president's Twitter habits.

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Proximity to president trump has been a crushing experience for many who arrived with stellar careers and independent reputations yet ended up losing so much.

For many, life in trump’s orbit ends in a crash landing

Half of the top aides who came to the White House with President Trump in 2017 are gone, including Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, chief economic advisor and Director of the Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn, National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster, Communications Director Hope Hicks, and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. Still others, such as EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Chief of Staff John Kelly and White House physician Admiral Ronny Jackson, who withdrew his nomination to become Veterans Affairs Secretary, have seen their reputations battered by the harsh attention that comes with being associated with the Trump Administration. The White House revolving door has raises troubling questions about the administration's ability to attract and keep the best talent, as well as whether it is properly vetting candidates before tapping them for top jobs.

Our political science and management experts can discuss the impact the continuing and escalating tumult inside the West Wing will have on the White House's ability to effectively govern.

- Political Science Professor Meena Bose, director of Hofstra's Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, and Political Science Professor Richard Himelfarb can discuss the impact the escalating tumult and turnover inside the West Wing will have on the White House's ability to effectively govern.

- Comila Shahani-Denning, an expert in workplace psychology, and Janet Lenaghan, whose expertise is in human resource management, can discuss how this kind of environment affects the ability of an organization to function, and its ability to attract high-quality personnel. 




White House Turmoil

A college classmate of kavanaugh's says he acted inappropriately during a drunken party 35 years ago. kavanaugh, who is currently a federal appeals judge, denies the allegations.

Kavanaugh denies fresh harassment allegations from college classmate deborah ramirez

The impact of the #MeToo movement has reached the highest court in the land as claims of sexual assault by a former high school acquaintance jeopardize the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as a U.S. Supreme Court justice.  

His accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, a California professor, has agreed to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the details of the assault, which allegedly took place more than 35 years ago when they were both teenagers.  (Most recently, another woman, Deborah Ramirez, has also accused Kavanaugh of acting inappropriately toward her while both were classmates at Yale.)   Judge Kavanaugh, a Trump nominee, strongly denies the allegations, calling them “smear.”   

Hofstra professors are available to discuss the legal, political, and social implications of these developments, which has parallels to the sexual harassment claims brought by law professor Anita Hill during the 1991 confirmation hearings of Justice Clarence Thomas.  


SCOTUS Scandal

Los Angeles Times opinion piece

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Professor of Political Science, Executive Dean for Public Policy & Public Service Programs

Dr. Meena Bose appeared on WNYW-TV Fox 5 to discuss how the record-breaking turnout for early voting in New York City underscored public engagement in the mayoral race.

 “There is reporting that suggests total turnout on Election Day could approach 2 million. We haven’t seen numbers like that for a mayoral race in more than 30 years,” she said.

Dr. Bose is a Hofstra University professor of political science, executive dean of the Public Policy and Public Service program, and director of the Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency. 


Record Breaking Turnout for NYC Early Voting

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Dr. Meena appeared on WNYW-TV Fox 5 to discuss the New York City mayoral race and the New Jersey gubernatorial race, the high turnout for early voting, and why the nation will be closely monitoring the election results in our area.

 Dr. Bose is a Hofstra University professor of political science, executive dean of the Public Policy and Public Service program, and director of the Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency. 


Local Elections and Early Voting Turnout

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Dr. Meena Bose was interviewed by Newsweek regarding a new poll from Marquette University that found Americans view former President Barack Obama more favorably than President Donald Trump.

 Dr. Bose explained that Obama’s “personal appeal, inspirational rhetoric, and unanticipated success in the 2008 presidential race continue to have strong public support.”

“The promise of hope and change are defining features of the Obama presidential campaign and still influence assessments of his presidency,” she said.  Dr. Bose is a Hofstra University professor of political science, executive dean of the Public Policy and Public Service program, and director of the Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency.


New Poll Measures Presidential Popularity

Meena Bose, Executive Dean of the Peter S. Kalikow School talks about the Trump administration in its first few months.

HU Office Hours: Meena Bose on the Trump Presidency

Meena Bose, Executive Dean in the Peter S. Kalikow School, talks about the recent Democratic National Convention and upcoming presidential debate at Hofstra on September 26, 2016.

For more information, visit http://www.hofstra.edu/debate

DNC and Debate 2016: HU Office Hours with Meena Bose

Join Dr. Meena Bose, Ph.D., Executive Dean of the Peter S. Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs; and Director of the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, in a live chat through Hofstra University's Twitter account (@HofstraU) on Thursday, February 4th at noon Eastern, where Dr. Bose will field questions from participants regarding the presidential race. In order to participate in the chat, Twitter accounts must be public and all tweets must use the hashtag #HUOfficeHours.

2016 Presidential Race: HU Office Hours with Meena Bose

Meena Bose, professor of political science and executive director of the Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, was featured in a Fox 5 NY report about the influx of books dealing with the Trump presidency.

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