Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Presidents Need More Than Hollywood Resumes

Jonathan Bernstein's morning links.

January 8, 2018 at 1:07 PM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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Oprah Winfrey for president? Well, no. Please.

I suspect it's unlikely the lesson Democrats will learn from Donald Trump is: Celebrity presidents are a great idea, only next time, let's do it better. But they might -- especially because it's quite possible that those in the media who profited from the Trump campaign (and gave him millions of dollars of free publicity) might be eager to find a new celebrity to adore in 2020.