This turned out to be a good weekend for thinking about the presidency, with three worthwhile pieces that helped explain what’s needed in the White House — and, probably more importantly, the limitations of the office.
Item One: Ben Dreyfuss has a highly entertaining blog post mocking a suggestion that the comedian Jon Stewart should run for president. In fact, he’s Fisking (an old timey blog-era word for rebutting somebody else’s article line by line) a Politico column urging the idea. I recommend it! But Dreyfuss focuses more on Stewart’s shortcomings than his key point that the White House is no place for an amateur, even if the amateur in question is smart and good at television. The presidency is a political job, and the best presidents have been experts in politics broadly conceived.
A secondary point: Please, please, please do not base your choice of presidential candidate on who you think would do well in campaign debates. Campaigns are less important than people think, and debate performances are only minor portions of campaigns. Base your support on who you think is most electable, or as an effort to push the party in your direction on policy, or on which candidate you think has the skills to be effective in office. Not on who might get better press coverage for 24 hours during the campaign before everyone’s attention moves on to whatever is next.
Item Two: I strongly recommend a blog post on the limitations of the presidency from political scientist Steven...
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