"All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a CONGRESS of the United States..."

[UrbScotty]

...which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives."

Article 1, Sec. 1, Constitution of the United States.

That means two things:

1. If Republicans are REALLY concerned about job growth, they would understand that they have a responsibility to help create JOBS. (Of course, I have a suspicion that they don't care about jobs - and that's a suspicion that Mitch McConnell has confirmed twice.)

2. Obama does not rule by fiat. He is the chief executive within the framework of a system of separation of powers and checks and balances. He can't magically get rid of DOMA or get the government to spend less on guns and more on butter. Nor can he get rid of those pathetic tax breaks for oil companies. If he could do that by himself, he would. But he can't.

[elleng]

1. Thanks, Urb.

:thumbsup:

[ProSense]

2. Wrong

Whatever Obama wants shall come to pass. Remember how Bush got everything he wanted?

Or something like that!!!!

[Unvanguard]

3. Thanks for reminding us of basic constitutional principles.

Had you not, I would have persisted in my belief that Obama was an absolute dictator, but now that you have corrected me, I can see clearly that all my earlier criticisms, obviously founded on that false belief, were misplaced.

[vaberella]

4. Agreed. I've decided they don't know the system of government and really want a liberal Dictator.

Like in much cases Bush ruled Congress for all intents and purposes.

[ClassWarrior]

5. Who said "Obama rules by fiat?" Who said he "could do that by himself?" Show me links please.

Or keep building those strawmen just to knock 'em down.

:eyes:

NGU.