Offers the first scholarly assessment of President Obama and his first two years in office.

1: An Introduction to an Assessment of the Obama Presidency; 1: From Campaigning to Governing; 2: Obama and the Polarized Public; 3: Obama and the Public Mood; 4: Obama's Personality and Performance; 5: Organizing the Obama White House; 2: On the Hill and Off; 6: Congressional Leadership in Obama's First Two Years; 7: A ¿Post-Partisan¿ President in a Partisan Context; 8: Obama's Battle with Lobbyists; 3: Obama and the Media; 9: Fall of the Favorite; 10: Communication Is Destiny; 4: Obama and Domestic Policy; 11: From Ambition to Desperation on the Budget; 12: The Politics of Regulation in the Obama Administration; 13: The Obama Administration and Internet Policy; 5: Obama and Foreign Policy; 14: Structural Challenges for American Foreign Policy in the Obama Administration; 15: The Obama Administration and Counterterrorism; 16: Obama's Use of Prerogative Powers in the War on Terrorism; 17: Reclaiming and Rebuilding American Power