An opinion/editorial essay by Wagner College government professor Abraham Unger was published as a guest editorial in the Baltimore Times over Presidents Day weekend 2012. The essay, entitled "The American President: One of Us, Not Over Us," marvelled at the historic innovation represented in the American presidency, but cautioned that if the founders of the Republic were to witness "the sense of entitlement, the amount of money, and the seeming distance of presidential candidates and their campaigns from the folks in the American street, they would be heartily disillusioned."
Unger's op-ed was distributed to the 450 northeastern weekly newspapers that subscribe to the Wagner College News Service.