Under Jawaharlal Nehru's presidency it declared that its goal was complete independence and called on the people to be prepared for the struggle.
Though the Alliance has now gleefully extended its ambitions to the presidency, it has no agreed candidate, nor yet any method of picking one.
As the holder of the European Union's rotating presidency, it was Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, who led the cease-fire negotiations between Russia and Georgia.
But if Mr. Sikorski has his way, when Poland takes over the E.U. presidency, it intends to push Brussels to give its European Neighborhood Policy much more attention.
Rather than weakening the presidency, it may represent a softening of the standards by which presidents are judged.
Under Lithuania's presidency it gained a parliamentary assembly this year.
The key to change is not the presidency; it is the House.
Although Kerry didn't win the presidency, it helped make him the Democratic nominee.
"Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my Presidency," it said.
Each presidency, it seems, has brought a new opportunity for influence that ends badly.
What's at stake is not just me, or François Hollande's presidency, it goes further than that.
