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Originally Posted by Pokesan
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pointless thread republicans control both houses they can't obstruct anything
enjoy the toll roads
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I actually don't mind toll roads so long as as the price remains high enough that sufficient people are deterred from utilizing and contesting them.
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Originally Posted by bigjerry
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obongo had majorities once too and he couldn't even close gitmo despite trying very earnestly to because he's a good man. the system is rigged so not even a very good ethnic president can make a difference, we need to invest more power in the office of president and give him or her more unilateral authority so we can be freer.
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This is a super good point, one to which I think more and more Americans on both sides of the isle are waking up to. If Obama had a bit more latitude, he could have done a lot more. Both sides have finally woken up to the largely untapped potency of SCOTUS through which the executive arm can enact significant change, but that is super slow.
Executive Orders are extraordinarily flexible and while many like to credit Obama with being some sort of pioneer with them, he didn't really differ from other recent presidents. Take a look at FDR.
There was a man who knew how to legislate. More recent leaders don't have that sort of conviction though :c They all too busy complaining about the other side rather than understanding them and acting in their best interest along with the rest of the nation's. It's time we stop hobbling our leaders and let them lead (once we get a good one that is).