Impossible. They just *can't* do it.

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19. True, without a working Congress and a better SCOTUS, a progressive POTUS is pretty powerless EXCEPT

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Except that they can become a great Stateswoman or Statesman, a leader, a speaker.

It's gotten to the point that if one speaks out against greed, for example, one speaks to both parties, so it's not like it would be partisan to lay out the facts about income disparity, a weakened social safety net, and the zillion other things that go unaddressed by both parties yet impact ALL of us.

These arguments, if made, could change the whole makeup of congress over just a few election cycles.

Nobody with the ear of the media is making the case that needs to be made.

An outspoken president could do that.