Prez!
Or Captain America. Hey, he was president in an alternate future!
…Like all of those bullet holes in the roof and beer stains in the carpet…
Oh horse hockey. Superman has super-intelligence, AND a supercomputer in his Fortress of Solitude, AND the advice of all the Kryptonian scientists in the bottle city of Kandor, AND he can always call Batman to help out if necessary. Plus, whenever the economy slumps, he can always squeeze coal into diamonds.
Come to think of it, Bruce Wayne was elected President in at least one Elseworlds story that I recall. But he never became Batman in that continuity. So, no downside.
Personally I think we could do worse than the President from Clive Cussler’s adventure novels-- a quick internet search reveals his name as “Garner Ward.” No matter what the crisis facing the nation, this guy always has the right answer, and that answer is: “government-funded oceanographic research.” South American dictator holding the Vice President for ransom? Iranian militants stole a prototype fast-neutron satellite beam weapon? It doesn’t matter; somehow, government-funded oceanographic research will solve the problem.
Yup. I feel better already: http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/4/4d/300px-DeepImpact1.jpg
Or Harrison Ford’s POTUS character in Air Force One, or Michael Douglas’s in The American President.
Jack Ryan…everything always turns out just right with him, so we can count on no serious situation ever going badly.
Which is exactly why I want Jack Bauer for President.
But since Jack Bauer was never President in the 24 universe, he doesn’t meet the qualifications in the OP.
Howzabout James Dale? He knew how to look on the bright side.
Morgan Freeman was the one I immediately thought of as well.
Adam Selene was never the President of the United States.
Merkin Muffley
(When I saw it in the late 70s, in my late teens, I didn’t get it. Now I wonder how the hell they got away with THAT name!?!)
Augh, so desperately waiting for this on DVD (it’s supposed to be coming out in October.) I assume it’s worth the wait??
True. I just wish that he would be.
Bauer/O’Brien in 2008, folks!
Why, President Schwarzenegger from “The Simpsons” movie, of course.
Well, I think it is - I loved it. Of course, I love almost any thing Paul Gross is in. 
Off the top of my head:
Gina Davis from her presidential series.
Morgan Freeman from Deep Impact.
Bobby from Jack & Bobby.
Laura Roslin from BSG (despite the physical resemblance to Palin)!
I have absolutely no idea what you mean. 
I loved H20, I’m just hoping McLaughlin as Presidential candidate can live up to McLaughlin as Prime Minister. As fabulously Machiavellian Prime Minister.
The un-named president played by Alan Alda in Canadian Bacon. There’s nothing wrong with the US economy that couldn’t be fixed by invading Canada, and those Canucks are pre-occupied by an election at the moment, so they wouldn’t notice the Michigan National Guard advancing across the Detroit River until it was too late.
“Gee Brain, what do we want to do tonight?”
“The same thing we do every night, Pinky, try to rule the U.S.!”
President Brain, VP Pinky, Narf!
Mike Sterns from the 1632 universe.
Of course the problem isn’t the presidency, but rather the entire government. So I’m not sure how well this would really work out. But fun to try!
No problem, just take him to the *Futurama *universe and…
ummm Mike Stearns vs The entrenched bureaucracy and accumulated incompetence of one of the biggest government in history…
Those poor buggers wouldnt know what hit them