Conor wants to shrink it:
[W]e need to give our presidents fewer tasks to perform well, rather than asking that they give their attention to everything from childhood obesity to North Korean nukes to stem cell policy to the future of GM to… well, you get the idea.
Bernstein parries:
I think Friedersdorf is mistaken. Indeed, one can see his mistake in the title of his post: "The Presidency is 'To Big For One Man.'" Yes, it is too large for one person -- which is why, basically from the time of Harry Truman, the presidency has grown to include (depending on how one counts it) hundreds, or even thousands, of people.
It's true that as recently as the 1930s, we elected a president. Now, we elect an entire presidency.