“The presidency has become a sorcerer’s stone, an enchanted prize that curses its holder. You are expected to enact policies that your party doesn’t want to vote for and that the next president may throw out if the courts don’t get there first. You totally own an invasive, divisive, distrusted government, and you personify the era’s rancorous politics. You are no longer the national leader the president was expected to be. Every president since Bill Clinton has been subjected to continuous, well-organized assaults on his character and legitimacy. At some point, presidents are going to realize that sharing responsibility with Congress for major policy departures is good not only for the nation but for their own tenure and legacy.” – Christopher DeMuth