Shrink the Presidency

 

Pip, cherio, and all that Continental sounding stuff.  The British monarchy has taken a moral and material shellacking over that past century.  History can pound salt, but right now the importance of the  monarchy is diminished enough to say, "How's it going in your degenerating  sad condition?"  The kingdom/queendom/whateverdom is pretty much toast.   It's never been less important.

In the event the US adopts a statist format, it would reduce the importance of the US presidency.  Like the British monarchy, the president and entourage could play polo and knock each other up.  Get married.  Get divorced. Get laid, get fucked.   Most of the president's responsibilities would shift to state government.  And to city governments.   That puts voter dudes and dudettes physically closer to the decision making.  

In the same way the monarchy slid over to let more modern government take charge, that could be the way should there be a statist shift in power.   We'll still have a president.  A smaller one.