[inquest]

Since you pinged me, I'll just throw in my 2 centablos. As far as I'm concerned the chief executive in any government - that includes federal - should never be a directly elected position. The holder of that position should never be allowed to entertain the delusion that he represents "the will of the people", since that will can never be expressed in a single vote or lodged in a single person. That's why we have legislative assemblies, and it is there where people should be encouraged to express themselves.

[sheltonmac]

That's exactly why I have always been uncomfortable with calling the president of the U.S. the "Leader of the Free World."