"This book originated in a two-day symposium of oral history conversations, held at the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs, in Charlottesville, on June 12-13, 2009."--p.viii.

Domestic policy, domestic policy advisers, and the American presidency / Michael Nelson -- Domestic policy from campaigning to governing / Andrew E. Busch -- Making the transition from campaigning to governing / Bertram Carp, Margaret Spellings, and Bruce Reed -- Domestic policy development in the White House / Karen M. Hult and Charles E. Walcott -- Developing domestic policy in the White House / James M. Cannon III ... [et al.] -- Irrational exuberance: selling domestic policy from the White House / Laurence R. Jacobs -- Selling domestic policy from the White House / Stuart Eizenstat ... [et al.] -- Reality-based policymaking: information, advice, and presidential success / Paul J. Quirk and Bruce Nesmith -- Lessons from domestic policy successes and failures / Stuart Eizenstat ... [et al.] -- Domestic policymaking: politics and history / Bruce Miroff.