A policy shift through POTUS is intended to happen with the President acting as a leader of people as opposed to a POTUS that does the standard job of President.<p>This hasn&#x27;t happened in my lifetime, and was said was going to happen when Obama was initially elected, and never occurred.<p>It&#x27;s an unknown property. To have a POTUS that actually regularly talks to the population directly and asks for their support and effort to force politicians to change. I think a similar example in concept, but not in policy is Hugo Chavez when he had a weekly program to the people.<p>It&#x27;s difficult to say what effect this would have, I have absolutely no idea for or against. I think anyone who thinks they do is speaking more from their personal opinions and less about what will actually happen.<p>--Edit - I said &quot;It&#x27;s just never been tried in a country like the US&quot;, and then I remembered FDR&#x27;s fireside chats, which are perhaps a better direct correlation than Hugo Chavez.