Refer to Figure 11.5. President Obama likely benefited from the __________, which attributed to his high box score at the beginning of his first term

When a case that an interest group is interested in comes before the Supreme Court, the group can __________

a. meet with judges to explain the group's policy preferences b. file an amicus curiae brief in support of one side of the case c. appeal the case to a higher court. d. legally offer monetary incentives to the justices as long as the interest group is not a party to the case

Which leader's style of leadership is that of a "soft-spoken technocrat"?

a. Boris Yeltsin b. Hu Jintao c. Vladimir Putin d. Deng Xiaoping e. Jiang Zemin