The U.S. presidency
a. was set up by the Framers of the Constitution to be the dominant component of the government.
b. is considered one of the weakest government offices in the world because of the limited resources the president has at his disposal.
c. enjoys only so much power as the president's ability to persuade and build coalitions of support inside and outside of Congress.
d. has progressively lost influence and power since Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administration.
c
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