Now that president Clinton has been impeached and faces a trial in the U.S. Senate, the focus is on whether the Senate should convict the president and thereby remove him from the presidency. But there is a larger issue not being discussed, and that is the presidency itself. But a major part of the mess is the very nature of the presidency. Americans in the latter 1700s realized the very concept of a hereditary monarch was unnecessary and did not serve their interest. Concentrating so much power into one human being invites the kind of trouble we have seen with the current president.
Presidents are subject to human weakness, craziness, and temptations.
When this human being does something wrong or foolish, the whole country becomes alarmed, and it can become a national crisis. The very human predilection to loyalty can lead to lemming-like behavior, the president leading the whole country into an abyss of destruction. Once upon a time, humanity lived in small bands and villages. There, a chief or head of council makes senses. Folks know him personally, and if he gets goofy, he is easily replaced.