Their attitude is, of course we need someone we can work with. And their attitude toward George Washington is, of course the country needs an elder statesman (meaning a largely ceremonial chief executive).
Both of these are large steps toward a parliamentary form of democracy.
For example, with the third president (maybe Thomas Jefferson) having nowhere near the authority to make a large land purchase from France, how do you see the expansion or not of the United States going, including relations with American Indian peoples?
And any outside chance a parliamentary system might bring about phase-out of slavery?