Fundraiser in Chief – Presidents and the Politics of Campaign Cash Doherty

Fundraiser in ChiefPresidents and the Politics of Campaign Cash\nAuthor(s): Brendan J. Doherty\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University Press of Kansas, United States\nImprint: University Press of Kansas\nISBN-13: 9780700635320, 978-0700635320\nSynopsis\nRecent presidents have responded to the evolving rules of the campaign finance system and the competitive electoral landscape by devoting substantial amounts of their most valuable resourcetheir timeto fundraising. In the follow-up to his 2012 book, The Rise of the Presidents Permanent Campaign, Brendan Doherty argues that presidential fundraising is an underexamined tool of modern presidential leadership and should be viewed as an instrument of presidential power akin to signing statements, executive orders, public speeches, and veto threats. Presidents raise campaign cash for themselves and for their fellow party members in the hope of electoral gains that will reshuffle the governing deck in their favor, but acting as fundraiser i.