John D. Graham is Dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He is author of Bush on the Home Front: Domestic Policy Triumphs and Setbacks (IUP, 2010) and author (with Kristin S. Seefeldt) of America's Poor and the Great Recession (IUP, 2013). From 2001 to 2006 he served as Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, White House Office of Management and Budget.

"The best comprehensive review of the Obama administration's policies available, written by an individual who is both knowledgeable in the policy sense and savvy in the political sense. . . . [A] great reference source for information on Obama administration domestic policy and activities."—Daniel P. Franklin, author of Pitiful Giants: Presidents in their Final Term"An important contribution to scholarship on the American presidency and American politics . . . . [W]ill be of great interest to students and scholars, and likely will be a foundational text on understanding the Obama presidency."—Meena Bose, Hofstra University

• 1. Barack Obama's Assets and Constraints2. Presidential Effectiveness When Congress is Polarized3. Preventing Collapse, Stimulating Recovery4. Promoting Long-Term Growth, Reducing Inequality5. The Affordable Care Act: Legislative Victory6. The Affordable Care Act: Implementation Nightmare7. Global Warming Warrior8. Driller in Chief9. Deporter in Chief?10. Midterm Massacres11. A Counterfactual Obama Presidency

John D. Graham is Dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He is author of Bush on the Home Front: Domestic Policy Triumphs and Setbacks (IUP, 2010) and author (with Kristin S. Seefeldt) of America's Poor and the Great Recession (IUP, 2013). From 2001 to 2006 he served as Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, White House Office of Management and Budget.

"The best comprehensive review of the Obama administration's policies available, written by an individual who is both knowledgeable in the policy sense and savvy in the political sense. . . . [A] great reference source for information on Obama administration domestic policy and activities."—Daniel P. Franklin, author of Pitiful Giants: Presidents in their Final Term"An important contribution to scholarship on the American presidency and American politics . . . . [W]ill be of great interest to students and scholars, and likely will be a foundational text on understanding the Obama presidency."—Meena Bose, Hofstra University

• 1. Barack Obama's Assets and Constraints2. Presidential Effectiveness When Congress is Polarized3. Preventing Collapse, Stimulating Recovery4. Promoting Long-Term Growth, Reducing Inequality5. The Affordable Care Act: Legislative Victory6. The Affordable Care Act: Implementation Nightmare7. Global Warming Warrior8. Driller in Chief9. Deporter in Chief?10. Midterm Massacres11. A Counterfactual Obama Presidency

John D. Graham is Dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He is author of Bush on the Home Front: Domestic Policy Triumphs and Setbacks (IUP, 2010) and author (with Kristin S. Seefeldt) of America's Poor and the Great Recession (IUP, 2013). From 2001 to 2006 he served as Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, White House Office of Management and Budget.

"The best comprehensive review of the Obama administration's policies available, written by an individual who is both knowledgeable in the policy sense and savvy in the political sense. . . . [A] great reference source for information on Obama administration domestic policy and activities."—Daniel P. Franklin, author of Pitiful Giants: Presidents in their Final Term"An important contribution to scholarship on the American presidency and American politics . . . . [W]ill be of great interest to students and scholars, and likely will be a foundational text on understanding the Obama presidency."—Meena Bose, Hofstra University

• 1. Barack Obama's Assets and Constraints2. Presidential Effectiveness When Congress is Polarized3. Preventing Collapse, Stimulating Recovery4. Promoting Long-Term Growth, Reducing Inequality5. The Affordable Care Act: Legislative Victory6. The Affordable Care Act: Implementation Nightmare7. Global Warming Warrior8. Driller in Chief9. Deporter in Chief?10. Midterm Massacres11. A Counterfactual Obama Presidency