Give 'em hell, Barry!

[Kolesar]

Cordray Appointment Signals Obama’s Readiness to Campaign Against Congress

President Barack Obama signaled readiness for a brawling election campaign by bypassing the U.S. Senate on high-profile appointments after disappointing supporters for not taking a stronger stance against Republicans.

The president’s defiance of congressional Republicans in naming a consumer financial watchdog and three National Labor Relations Board members without Senate consent may harm the chances of other nominees requiring confirmation for the rest of his term and also end in court.

Yet Obama’s decision to make the appointments during a brief Senate recess helps frame his election-year gambit of running against a gridlocked Congress. It’s part of a “we can’t wait” theme the White House has stamped on this and other moves to act upon matters where Congress has blocked the president.

It’s a fighting stance for a president facing a Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, who said his goal is to make Obama a one-term president. Obama has drawn criticism from fellow Democrats for giving in to Republicans on other matters such as continuing President George W. Bush’s tax cuts for upper-income Americans.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-05/obama-s-naming-of-cordray-signals-readiness-for-brawling-election-campaign.html

[Avalux]

1. I like Cordray, A LOT. Great choice and masterful manueving by Obama. n/t

[warrior1]

2. It's Barack.

[Liberal Veteran]

3. Maybe it's a blah people thing?