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"The office is kinda like the little country boy found a hoochie coochie show at the carnival. Once he paid his dime and got inside the tent: it ain't exactly as it was advertised."--Lyndon JohnsonImagine you have just been elected president. You are now commander-in-chief, chief executive, chief diplomat, chief legislator, chief of party, chief voice of the people, first responder, chief priest, and world leader. You're expected to fulfill your campaign promises, but you're also expected to solve the surprising and urgent crises of the day. What's on your to-do list? Where would you even start?The American presidency is in trouble. It has become overburdened, misunderstood, almost impossible to do. "The problems in the job unfolded before Donald Trump was elected, and the challenges of governing today will confront his successors," writes John Dickerson.
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I am the moderator of CBS's Face the Nation and CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent. I am also a contributing editor to The Atlantic magazine. Before that I was magazine journalist for Slate magazine and Time magazine. I sometimes write about topics other than politics, like family and risk-taking and baseball but those pieces have yet to be collected into a book of essays to read on a quiet Sunday afternoon. I also can be found on the Political Gabfest and Whistlestop podcasts on the Panoply network and the Face the Nation Diary, a CBS podcast.