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Dana Nelson's book, "Bad for Democracy: How the Presidency Undermines the Power of the People" (University of Minnesota Press, 2008) argues that Americans are too inclined to "super-size" the presidency.  She says that's not the way the founding fathers would have wanted it. 

Nelson is a professor of English at Vanderbilt University.  She talks with Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Crann about how Barack Obama fits the trend towards increasingly-powerful presidents and what Americans can do to take democracy back from the executive branch.

Dana Nelson's book, "Bad for Democracy: How the Presidency Undermines the Power of the People" (University of Minnesota Press, 2008) argues that Americans are too inclined to "super-size" the presidency.  She says that's not the way the founding fathers would have wanted it.

A popular presidency: bad for democracy?

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