Scholarly Models of the Presidency
- Savior Model (1950s - 1960s)
- Implicit assumption that the office will always be occupied by "a good man"
- Strengthen the presidency, benefit the country
- Richard Neustadt (1960) - Presidential Power
- Satan Model (Late 1960s - 1970s)
- Response to excesses of Johnson and Nixon
- Pointed to the dangers of strong executive
- Arthur M. Schlesinger (1973) - The Imperial Presidency
- Samson Model (1970s - present)
- Weak administrations of Ford and Carter
- Expectations gap
- Savior Model tempered by the caveats of the Satan Model
- Geoffrey Hodgson (1980) - All Things to All Men
Adapted from: Nelson, Michael (2002) "Evaluating the Presidency," in The Presidency and the Political System, 7th Ed. Michael Nelson, ed. Washington, DC: CQ Press