Would monarchy be good in America?

  Do think the United States would make a good constitutional monarchy.  Many consider the President a elected monarch.  What do you think of the so called Emperor Norton (1819-1880) of the United States?

You can find some information about Joshua A. Norton at:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton

If the US were really to want to be a monarchy (it accept it wouldn't ) then the obvious course would be to tear up the declaration of independence, accept that George III's villainies are a thing of the past and return to its natural home in the Commonwealth, along with Australia and Canada and New Zealand and South Africa and the rest.

I'm sure the Queen would allow her subjects, once back into the fold, to keep what democratic institutions they have, and appoint the Governor-General or Viceroy of their choice.

It's not as though the American press would have to give any more coverage to the Royal Family than they do already.

America's actually the closest western country to an absolute monarchy at the moment. No other country puts anything like so much power over the country in the hands of a single man. So in many ways a throwback to royal rule. The president also receives adulation by many closer to a king, certainly more than any prime minister or president of any other western country. He is also protected from the kind of criticism and confrontation from press and other politicians when in press conferences or those pseudo political debates candidates have.

I always tend to think of the US president as an elected temporary king.

Monarchy had it's time and is just a (mostly) popular relic in some nation states.  Constitutional monarchy is fine in societies where it works, but that is not in the Western Hemisphere.

I always thought monarchy began to die out as a dynamic political instrumentality when kings stopped leading their armies in person.  Frederick the Great was the last dynastic king to do so; Bonaparte the last great soldier monarch.  After that, the king hung out with the staff drinking champagne and kibitzing while professional military technocrats did all the directing, and professional subordinates led the field armies.

With the prime minister running the government, there wasn't much left for the king to do.   

For all the political controversy in the USA, perhaps a royal family could be a focal point of unity and a reminder of American virtues. Of course, it would require a family of people who are happy to forgo less lofty pleasures and act like robots. But with all the mudslinging in the two party system of the USA, a focal point of unity and reminder of core values may be beneficial.

Aside from that dubious plus I don't see many others in the idea of a US monarchy. It has a much higher chance of doing harm rather than good.

If you're in the market for a few middle class Germans from a small town, we could give you one or two, with on the job experience and fully house (or palace) trained.