I second both Otto von Bismarck and Augustus Caesar, but the former seems more practical since he would be easier to ‘get up to speed’. I’m not sure **any **length of time would be sufficient to catch Caesar up on the last two thousand years.
F. A. Hayak. He seemed to be the most moderate of the Austrian School of economics, and as such might be able to unify Republicans and Democrats around a reasonable plan for deficit reduction before disaster hits.
This and even if he were a monarchist, he was a constitutional monarchist. I believe you are confusing his opposition to the French Revolution due to its mobocratic and proto-totalitarian nature.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_Serfdom#Criticism
Hayeks supported some regulations and social welfare-so was he really an Austrian considering that school is fanatically laissez-faire?:
I’m comfortable with the alleged Kenyan Muslim Socialist who’s in office now. I’m not happy that he’s a Chicago White Sox fan but then nobody’s perfect.
Me.
I sure couldn’t screw it up any worse than some of the others who have held the office in my lifetime. And the government would be a damn sight smaller when I got finished.
Derp, ignorance fought. I assumed based on what I read in the Rights of Man that he’d oppose it (inferring from his opposition to the French revolution).
I didn’t vote for him, but I am reasonably happy with Obama.
Actually, I would love a go at the presidency. I would absolutely LOVE to make speeches about the powers that the president has and hasn’t got as a response to people whinging about how the president isn’t performing miracles.
[I keep trying to tell the moron stoners over on Grasscity exactly *why* Ron Paul *can’t* legalize weed … *sigh*]
I just wish more people would realize that the president is more of a figurehead, designed to go out and give speeches and shake hands and veto as a bit of a control on lawmaking … they really do not have much power to do more than sort of hint where the ship of state wanders. And they don’t get to keep any of the spiffy presents the other countries present them with 
[I think if it is under a certain price they might, I would have to go check it out - but there is a warehouse of presents lurking in DC from what I remember hearing on a White House tour.]
Steve Jobs or Warren Buffett are the first two I pondered.
Teddy Roosevelt might be a kick ass 21st century. I picture him trustbusting the too big to fail oligopoly.
Elliot Spitzer. He has a whore problem, but no doubt he would work to clean up corruption. He’d put the fear of God in all those f***ers.
Elizabeth II. Leads in executive experience, knows how to delegate and manage a political circus, strong sense of duty, used to dealing with idiots (cf. Prince Ph.). Not influenced by trends in US history or politics. Reasonably likely to live another four years, but just in case I’d give her a youngish, enegetic VP: Perhaps B. Obama.
Teddy Kennedy
2nd choice- Dennis Kucinich just so we have the First MILF.
- Barack Obama
- Howard Dean (it would be nice to see someone with a little more fight in him)
- Russ Feingold
- Bill Clinton
- Theodore Roosevelt (just to watch House Republicans’ heads asplode when he pushes a progressive agenda)
Golly, what happened to all of John Edwards’ fans?
As an aside, I think Philip is far from an idiot - he certainly doesn’t suffer fools gladly. Indeed, I’m quite sure that a good many of his gaffes are deliberate, to make Brenda look better.
I’ve actually met him - very briefly. He didn’t insult me; I was gutted. 
Paul Wellstone would have made an amazing one, I think.
Aldous Huxley
It’d be tricky to prop him up in the chair.
He’s just the liberal version of Newt Gingrich albeit responsible for negligent manslaughter and a terrorist apologist. I’d take practically any liberal (Jerry Brown, Howard Dean, George McGovern, Eugene McCarthy etc. over him)
George W. Bush, for sure, just for the laughs. With Dan Quayle as his VP.