Obama Tells Republicans To SHOVE IT As He Implements His Agenda WITHOUT THEM

[BlueStreak]

49. It is called CREATING LEVERAGE

He should have been doing this from day 1. The POTUS has an enormous amount of power. I can't believe how many people there are on this site who don't understand that. Basically the President doesn't really have to do anything the law says. Most Presidents make at least some effort to show some courtesy to Congress and their laws, but Congress doesn't really have control over anything.

I mean, look at the law that says we can't fund any country that has a military coup. No problem, the President simply refuses to notice that a military coup happened in Egypt.

This is how you get Congress to come to the table. You let them know you are prepared to completely disregard them and ignore their wishes entirely -- and the only way they can get a better deal is to come to the table hat in hand.

This is how it is done. This is how it is always done by Presidents that understand to power of the Presidency.

Yes, there are a few things that Congress can actually do. They can set the tax rates -- the President cannot do that unilaterally. But the president can order extremely aggressive IRS enforcement on parts of the code that the GOP doesn't like -- and use that as a bargaining chip.

Really, the only check on these things is impeachment. And quite frankly, the Democratic Party would be in a FAR, FAR stronger position if the GOP seriously tried impeachment. The public hates that crap. We saw that Wisconsin came to Walker's defense when they felt the idea of a recall was unfair. The public would overwhelmingly support Obama AND DEMOCRATS IN GENERAL if the GOP tries another go at impeachment.

In fact, that should be Obama's goal. Provoke the GOP into doing something really stupid.