If Democrats cannot support a limited Executive Order

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42. This is all a fantasia not a set of facts....

Yet if such a thing was going on, then yes, sorry in fact the POTUS is not required to do as anyone asks, there is nothing to overrule.
The EO does not hinder the ultimate goal. The electorate supports the EO and ENDA. The only person claiming that people in Congress hold EO power is you. They don't. The President does. They are not part of that process. It is his authority alone. Thus, any use or non use of that authority lies with him. If he wishes to let others influence his use of his own authority, that is his choice, still his authority, still he is the one making the decision, and thus, any criticism for the use of that authority is his and his alone, just as the authority is his and his alone. The power of the EO exists in order to work around the Congress, and they do not dictate the use of it at all.
If you want to keep making this argument, you need to come with some facts that this is the case. Get the President to say that Hoyer asked him not to sign it, so he didn't. If he will not own that, or you can not otherwise support it, you need to admit that it is a fantasia, along the lines of 'I think Cheney made him do it with a laser mounted on a shark'. Just something to say, not something you know, and not something that actually makes much sense.
If you need a story that tells you the President is pure of heart and cares for our rights, tell it to yourself, tell it to the Marines for all I care.
It is creepy to me that you start speaking of relationships and tearing people down. This is politics. This is not personal, and to make personal cracks like that is not called for.
Instead, why not support your theory here with a shred of fact? How's that?