Yes, it's time for a smart U.S. president.

As Eugene Robinson writes:

I want a president who reads newspapers...I want a president who looks forward to policy meetings...I want a president who believes in empirical fact...I want a president smart enough to know a good deal about science...I want the next president to be intellectually curious -- and also intellectually honest...I don't want the candidates to pretend to be average people, because why would we choose an ordinary person for such an extraordinary job?

100% agreed. And guess who Robinson favors? (Hint: he's not running -- yet).