Wanted: One person to lead the free world. No experience required. In an era when the president has a famously light schedule, and clearly has more time than the average American to watch TV, play golf, and participate in social media, it seems odd to argue that the job is too broad for one person. But when you consider the attention paid to each public utterance of the occupant of the Oval Office, you begin to realize that maybe we’re placing too much emphasis on one person. In The Atlantic, John Dickerson provides an interesting look at the evolution of America’s top gig, and how it became The Hardest Job In The World. It turns out that many of the responsibilities in the job description “accrued to the presidency over time, most in the recent past. The Framers, fresh from a successful rebellion against a tyrannical king, envisioned an executive who was limited in power and even stature. For a good long while, the design held. James K. Polk’s wife, Sarah, was so concerned that the 11th president might enter a room unnoticed, she asked the Marine Band to play Hail to the Chief to get people to turn their head when he arrived.” These days, the song plays in advance of the use of all-caps in a presidential tweet.