I remember it as Sick Willie saying that he had to get back to doing the work the American pipple elected him to do. I don't think Clinton was under the impression that the Executive "ran the country".
But we have a new era of hopenchange from a set of individuals who seem to have little concept of how a republic is supposed to work.
I remember him saying on occasion he had to get back to doing the work of the American people, but I also recall either him or one of his minions occasionally saying he “had to get back to running the country”.
I never thought I would look back on that era as the “Good Old Days”.