The instability of Congress is now the new normal in American politics. A hero president might break through the current system and make it work better, but it’s not clear that the current system is susceptible to heroism or in a mood to elevate that kind of hero. Plus, the search for a presidential savior is itself a sign of how far off track things have gotten. The framers hoped to create a system which would force balance in all the ways the current system has come to work against that balance.
