Posted on 07/06/2014 9:47:00 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
President Barack Obama has aggressively touted his use of executive authority over the last several months as he aims to cement his legacy and push his policies now and even beyond his presidency.
The president's in-your-face attitude was punctuated Wednesday by his sarcastic challenge to Republicans: "So sue me."
The emphasis on executive actions is a shift for Obama. In 2010, after Republicans won control of Congress, the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank in Washington wrote a detailed memo urging Obama to use executive orders on a wide range of issues.
But late last year, Obama hired as a top adviser John Podesta who had co-written the executive power memo in his role as president of CAP.
And the administration has headed in a much more confrontational tone with the Republicans, led by the president himself.
“Three years, there were still some things moving,” said Neera Tanden, who replaced Podesta as head of CAP. “The rate of executive actions is a direct corollary with the level of dysfunction with the Congress.”
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like asking why does a thug attack a 80 year old woman...because neither can or will fight back.
Obama is being misquoted.
What he actually said was this: "So impeach me!"
Then so be it.
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