That the President manages the economy is an assumption (i)____________ the prevailing wisdom that dominates electoral politics in the United States. As a result, presidential elections have become referenda on the business cycle, whose fortuitous turnings are (ii)____________ the President. Presidents are properly accountable for their executive and legislative performance, and certainly their actions may have profound effects on the economy. But these effects are (iii)____________. Unfortunately, modern political campaigns are fought on the untenable premise that Presidents can deliberately produce precise economic results. A. peripheral to B. justifiably personified in C. usually long-lasting D. central to E. erroneously attributed to F. regrettably unnoticeable G. at odds with H. occasionally associated with I. largely unpredictable