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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChuck Todd said this:
Quite extraordinary: after 30 years of presidents strengthening powers of exec branch, POTUS is giving some of that power back to Congress.
https://twitter.com/chucktodd
scooter rider
(80 posts)All applaud Obama for following the effing law.
What a joke.
snappyturtle
(14,656 posts):stupid: (sometimes I think we need a smilie for this sentiment)
malaise
(268,997 posts)Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)This is extraordinary and it does set a precedent. It does reduce the power of the office of the Presidency through that new precedent.
Isoldeblue
(1,135 posts)Everything he ever says about Obama is with either a smirk or a snark. That's not only unprofessional, but very immature.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)for not unilaterally opposing his invasion and occupation.
Of course, they would have been to blame (oh, wait, "they already are!" for any catastrophes in Iraq.
gopiscrap
(23,760 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)against what the President decided? Wolf and Andrea were really hurt
polichick
(37,152 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Branch power grip. Is it old-fashioned to believe that BOTH the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch still have to answer to we citizen voters? This is not the Lord of the Manor and His Court vs. the Peons any longer.