It's not uncommon to ascribe responsibility for something the administration does to the chief executive, even though the work was done by subordinates. We use

It's not uncommon to ascribe responsibility for something the administration does to the chief executive, even though the work was done by subordinates. We use the phrase "Reaganomics" to describe Arthur Laffer's maximal revenue curve or "Obamacare" to describe Mitt Romney's health care plan. It's not a new thing.