Obama Won’t Make Recess Appointments Today

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78. No wiggle or spin. The issue was whether Obama should try to make a recess appointment during

a two-second recess (something that only had been done once before, more than 100 years ago). I didn't think he would or should do so and he didn't. Some others in this thread agreed. What I didn't argue (or see from others ) was that it would be a bad idea to make a recess appointment based on the argument that the Senate has actually been in recess for an extended period. I'm okay with the fact that he has done so, even though it means that we have given up a tactic that was used against the Repubs in the past.

Its really not that complicated:

Recess appointment based on two second recess: really rare, bad idea
Recess appointment based on extended recess: common, good idea.

Indeed, in other posts, I've pointed out that until the repubs started blocking him from making recess appointments using the "pro forma" session tactic, President Obama had been more aggressive than bush II in using his recess appointment power for full time positions (as distinguished from part time, often largely honorary positions).