Well, me. I loved the show (yes, even later seasons[1]) much like I loved "The American President"[2], but would vote against the man in a heartbeat. They do some pretty despicable things while in power[3]. Plus, I notice we end the series in a war.
Re-watch the series and look at what a citizen of this land would get from the White House. It is not a great picture of an administration we would want.
Of course, no TV administration is going to be a good thing. Drama requires conflict and over 7 seasons a lot of rules get broke in a heroic manner. In real life, we call that abuse of executive privilege.
The only thing I can say is President Santos and his education plan is worse for every rural area and budget.
1) Although in later seasons, most of the writers wrote the Republicans as villain of the week instead of honorable adversaries
2) Martin Sheen is amazing in that too
3) not to mention the whole lying about the President's health and never mind the Vice President
The central issue here is one of limiting risk. It's far easier to destroy prosperity than it is to achieve it, similar to a reputation. It's less important for a good politician to be able to achieve good things than it is for a bad politician not to be able to achieve bad things.
For example, one might decide to make massive political reforms which sound good (and populist) without fully considering all their implications, and thereby destroy prosperity
Re-watch the series and look at what a citizen of this land would get from the White House. It is not a great picture of an administration we would want.
Of course, no TV administration is going to be a good thing. Drama requires conflict and over 7 seasons a lot of rules get broke in a heroic manner. In real life, we call that abuse of executive privilege.
The only thing I can say is President Santos and his education plan is worse for every rural area and budget.
1) Although in later seasons, most of the writers wrote the Republicans as villain of the week instead of honorable adversaries
2) Martin Sheen is amazing in that too
3) not to mention the whole lying about the President's health and never mind the Vice President