If Democrats cannot support a limited Executive Order

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30. I think, unfortunately, politics trumps courage for the President right now

And, of course, most of your post completely mischaracterizes my position. I have never said that Obama doesn't want the law changed. I think he does. I think he also is frightened of highlighting the issue in an election season, because he alone takes the heat for an executive order. I don 't believe any of the twisted logic they're throwing at us as to why he won't sign it now, because none of it makes any sense. The 72 house members who wrote him asking to sign it now, and both the House and the Senate LEAD sponsors of ENDA who have also urged him to sign it, believe that the EO would help the process along and bolster the prospects for ENDA down the road. We expect Democratic Presidents to step up to the plate and do what's right. I believe his political calculus is dead wrong here. Both the right thing to do AND the politically smart thing to do would be to sign the EO.