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George H.W. Bush: The Person Our Founders Intended to Be President

George H.W. Bush: The Person Our Founders Intended to Be President
President George H. W. Bush waves goodbye to U.S. Marines and members of the British 7th Armoured Brigade as they conclude a Thanksgiving Day visit with troops in the Saudi desert on Nov. 22, 1990. Rick Wilking/Reuters
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Commentary
The passing of former President George H.W. Bush gives us a perfect chance to revisit the origins of our presidential system and how our elections were supposed to work, as Bush would have been exactly the kind of person the framers at the Constitutional Convention had in mind when they created the presidency.
Gary L. Gregg
Gary L. Gregg
Author
Gary L. Gregg is director of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville and editor of “Securing Democracy—Why We have an Electoral College.”