The President does too much. Let's cut it into 2.

[Bush did 311]

Because the US is such a powerful country with so much influence in the world, the president is in charge of such a broad range of things. It doesn't give citizens the ability to fine-tune US policy on each issue, so they are usually dissatisfied.

I think it would be interesting to split the presidency into 2 positions that are elected separately - a President and a Chancellor. One would set a domestic agenda and be in charge of running the country. The other would take over foreign matters, and the cabinet positions would be split accordingly under each.

Could even do 3 splits, like having a separate PM as well. If one of them does a lousy job we can fire them without giving the country a full lobotomy on the things that are still going well.

Thoughts?

[President Johnson]

That wouldn't work in practice. One man or one woman has to call the shots. That's also why I regard the semi-presidential system as questionable. Presidential or parliamentary systems are superior.

[Open Source Intelligence]

I've had the thought more in regards to Congress than I have the President. Have a Congress that only does finances. Have a Congress that only does international relations, etc. Would get rid of some of the single-issue grifters. Tells voters "my focus for the next 2 years will be on abortion!" Then get assigned to the Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committees. If you have a Congress solely focused on say international affairs, that's all you're running on and voting on. Works better in theory than practice admittedly when a lot of how interest groups operate is making sure people they don't like just never get elected to anything, regardless of whether they are affected by the issue or not.