The Job of Governor What's So Good About the Job? What They Want to Achieve As Governors See It Policymaking Success Exploring How and Why Governors Succeed Playing the Hands They Are Dealt Gubernatorial Powers Legislative Power Party Control and Partisan Division The Structure of State Government Economic and Fiscal Conditions Other Conditions and Events What Governors Bring to the Table Personalities Experience Friends Staff Orientations Pragmatism Adaptability How Governors Put Together Their Policy Agendas What Is the Governor's Agenda Initiatives on the Agenda The Multiple Sources of Initiatives How Agendas Are Developed The Political Calculus at Work Agendas in a State of Play Laying the Groundwork for Their Initiatives Gubernatorial Involvement Relating to Members Dealing With Legislative Leaders Building Relationships With Leaders Imperfect Together Strategies and Tactics of Engagement The Types of Issues in Play Building Support and Exerting Pressure on the Legislature Building Support and Exerting Pressure in the Legislature Tools of Engagement Playing Defense Succeeding as Policy Leaders How Successful Are They What Makes Them Successful Having the Upper Hand Playing the Cards They Are Dealt Having the Right Stuff Asking For What They Have a Chance of Getting Laying the Groundwork Waging Budget and Policy Campaigns Legacy and Beyond How They See Their Legacies How They Are Remembered What Difference They Made Will a New Generation of Governors Be Different? Appendix A: Governors, 1980-2010.