Reply #14: but presidential candidates campaign as if running for King.

[yodermon]

It's the culture of presidential politics.. "I promise to pass xyz policy".. um excuse me genius but the legislature passes policy, all you get is a veto.
It seems to me that presidents should run on what their Constitutional job description actually *is*, ie head of the Executive, not Magical Policy Implementor Man.

And we, as activists in the electorate, should focus more energies (orders of magnitude more) on legislative races instead of the president. That is provided we actually care more about policy than personality.

Just my unpopular opinion.