But it must unfold to its inexorable end. What Americans continually do, in ignorance of the astute way our founding fathers set up this unique, three-branched government, is to seek a strong leader, a Moses if you will, to lead them out of the personal morass and political wilderness in which they dwell. Peoples' hopes for delivery by one man, let us call it presidential salvation, are almost humorous. At the least, they are groundless. Wise men look within themselves and to divine Providence for salvation.
Fools look everywhere else.
A little reflection will tell us America's system was deliberately based on the concept of human imperfection. It comprehends and implements its policies by knowing the judgment of any one man cannot be trusted as fully as a working compromise between many men of differing views. We did not then nor do we now want a Caesar, an annointed King, a tyrant, or dictator. Beyond that, our process of choosing a president tends to eliminate those with overtly strong personalities, people who must invariably have their own way. Elected presidents are pliable, men who are able to flexibly endorse the results of recent opinion polls.