Which of the Following Describes What Political Scientist Hugh Heclo

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes what political scientist Hugh Heclo calls "the illusion of presidential government"?

• A) the inability of the president to influence the legislative priorities of Congress, even though the party in power pays lip-service to the president's agenda
• B) the presidential image-building through public relations that contributes to the idea that the president is in charge of the national government
• C) the belief by the public that Congress should follow the presidential agenda, regardless of whether or not the majority part is the same party of the president
• D) the image-building that the president's foreign policy strength lends to the rest of his agenda
• E) the image strength lent by the sheer size of the executive establishment, even though the president has little direct control over most of it
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