Lincoln owes a higher duty to the country…than to fritter away the priceless opportunities of the Presidency in listening to the appeals of competing office—hunters.
Lincoln saw all office seekers personally
The Republican Party and the conservative free market movement have been presidentially focused for too long.
During presidential scandals, the White House peddles the illusion that the president and top aides are undistracted, that the nation's business remains foremost in their minds, when in fact the political challenges threaten to overpower all else.
The nation certainly would have been better off if President Clinton could have focused on Osama bin Laden without being distracted by the Paula Jones sexual harassment case and its criminal investigation offshoots.
Like civil suits, criminal investigations take the president's focus away from his or her responsibilities to the people.
Having seen first-hand how complex and difficult the job is, I believe it vital that the president be able to focus on his never-ending tasks with as few distractions as possible.
Our president needs to focus on other countries - North Korea, Russia, and everything else that's going on everywhere else. I promote it; I like Donald Trump. I get sometimes what he says, and sometimes he needs to quit on Twitter. He needs to get off of it and focus on what's going on everywhere else instead of what's going on in the NFL.
More than Nixon or any other 20th-century president, Clinton has devoted his life to winning and keeping the presidency.
The notion that it is desirable to have a President who can give his full attention to the "presidency" and not worry about reelection is quite a mistake.
