Question: "If you had the sole power to appoint any one person President, who would that person be?" -- maledicta

Answer: Duh! Me, of course! Now granted, I would still have elections, but my popular agenda, which would include sending all the liberals and dissenters to "freedom camps," putting land mines across the Mexican border, and turning Canada into one vast, frozen slave labor camp would guarantee me 99% support in every election. And just to make sure that the count was done right, I would nationalize Diebold, and make sure people I completely trusted handled the election results from start to finish.

PS: The term President is so stuffy, so formal. That's why I'd change the term to something more personable and friendly, like "Grand Overlord."