Thursday, September 20, 2012

What is the role of the President?

One of the barriers to meaningful discussion during the Presidential election is that everyone has different ideas of what the President should be.  Should he be a military commander, moral example, skilled economist, expert negotiator, coalition builder, good father, good husband, good musician? 

Which skills and traits are really necessary for this job? 

Do you value things like personality, trustworthiness, stance on social/personal issues?  Are these things more or less important than knowledge of technical issues such as military strategy, economics, or world political history?  Why?

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