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In a recent Gallup Poll, 73 percent of Americans surveyed said that "the public expects more of a President today than in the past." Another survey late last year showed that Americans believe "strong leader- ship" to be the single most important quality in a President.
In 1787, the Founding Fathers designed the Presidency as...