Assuming you were asked and you did not have to campaign....

[Steve]

would you serve as President of the United States for one term and one term only?

(Yes, I know that's not how it works.....I was just wondering, would the headaches of the job make the job not worth it.)

[Gregg]

I know I am not qualified to lead the country. I love it too much to say yes.

[JudeBaldo]

Absolutely

[GwynnInTheHall]

What do you really think you could accomplish without getting assassinated?

[Lucky]

No. It is obviously a tremendously difficult job, as illustrated by the toll it takes on the people who hold the office.

An outsider would have a very difficult time getting anything done, especially a neophyte. Plus, I think I can do more to help the country by doing what I'm doing. I just hope this isn't my last year.

I talked to a guy a while back who thought everyone in Washington D.C. should be limited in their jobs to four years...not just Congress, but the agencies, the Supreme Court, everyone. He claimed that common people with no government experience at all could go in and run the country. I told him that was very unrealistic. I used the example of the Courts. There is no way that so-called common folk could hold the positions of Justices on SCOTUS. It takes a lifetime of study to learn and understand how to apply the legal principles which have developed over the last few centuries, both here and in England, from whom we draw much of our common law. The same applies to agencies. You can change out the head of the agency, but the technical expertise and experience of the employees cannot be replaced by outsiders.

[PaleoMan]

I would declassify every deep dark secret possible with an executive order and then resign a few weeks later, reveling in the aftermath. Sadly, the media probably would ignore all the shocking revelations. LOL

[Fresno Bob]

I'd do it, and campaign at the same time, the president is a freaking figurehead who is a combination lightning rod, rodeo clown, and cheerleader. I'd take an LBJ approach to Congress and an FDR approach to the Supreme Court, and toss historical prescendent into their faces at every turn, positioning myself as the "defender of tradition"....but I'm a cold bastard that gets off on that kind of madness.

[GwynnInTheHall]

I would declassify every deep dark secret possible with an executive order and then resign a few weeks later, reveling in the aftermath. Sadly, the media probably would ignore all the shocking revelations. LOL

You obviously don't read The Enquirer.

[Long John]

It would depend on the composition of the House and Senate. I might consider it if Congress was Repub heavy just so I could blindly veto everything they pass through. But otherwise, you couldn't pay me enough to do it.

[Mithrandir]

No. It is obviously a tremendously difficult job, as illustrated by the toll it takes on the people who hold the office.

An outsider would have a very difficult time getting anything done, especially a neophyte. Plus, I think I can do more to help the country by doing what I'm doing. I just hope this isn't my last year.

I talked to a guy a while back who thought everyone in Washington D.C. should be limited in their jobs to four years...not just Congress, but the agencies, the Supreme Court, everyone. He claimed that common people with no government experience at all could go in and run the country. I told him that was very unrealistic. I used the example of the Courts. There is no way that so-called common folk could hold the positions of Justices on SCOTUS. It takes a lifetime of study to learn and understand how to apply the legal principles which have developed over the last few centuries, both here and in England, from whom we draw much of our common law. The same applies to agencies. You can change out the head of the agency, but the technical expertise and experience of the employees cannot be replaced by outsiders.

Then why are there so many ridiculous decisions made by the courts?