>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/17/06 11:48 AM >>> Political scientists, I am told, often deplore the fact that in the US, the job of being head of government is unified with that of head of state, unlike in (say) England, where the prime minister's job is quite different from that of the Queen, or France and many other countries where the premier is different from the president. Jim Devine / Bust Big Brother Bush! <<<<<>>>>>
presidents have often complained that amount of head of state ceremonial stuff takes away from 'governing duties'... mh