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Presidential Rhetoric and the Public Agenda William G. Shade and theoretical inquiry into theThe bully pulpit is one of the modern president's most powerful tools and one of the most elusive to measure. Presidential Rhetoric and the Public Agenda uses the war on drugs as a case study to explore whether and how a president's public statements affect the formation and carrying out of policy in the United States. When in June 1971 President Richard M. Nixon initiated the modern war on drugs, he did so with rhetorical flourish and force, setting