[callisto]

Bush scares me.

Why? By helping to maintain and preserve the separation of powers laid out in The Constitution?

I have an obligation to make sure that the presidency remains robust and that the legislative branch doesn't end up running the executive branch," Bush said

[johniegrad]

BTW, the media will increase the focus in the upcoming months on White House "secrecy" and on this issue of "beefing up" the Executive Branch. Look for the Democrats to try to make GWB into a Nixon style character during the upcoming campaigns. It is a calculated ploy to discredit the president.

[SteamshipTime]

Maybe if Bush would exercise his constitutional prerogative to veto unconstitutional or uneconomic legislation, he'd find his stature increased.

[billbears]

Why? By helping to maintain and preserve the separation of powers laid out in The Constitution?

LOL!! You're kidding me right? The office of the Presidency is so far over its Constitutional boundries it's not even funny. Go back and read the powers the President has outlined in the Constitution word for word and you'll see the executive branch hasn't been following it for over a hundred years. I like Bush, I really do. But what he's done lately, all in the name of security, is an affront to the ideals the Founding Fathers set forth for that office. Under the Constitution, most of the power was in the legislative branch with one of the houses not elected by the general public. Well, since we've thrown that away, might as well just start naming kings now and save me the hassle and the ulcers from reading about politicians that probably haven't even read the Constitution (besides selected Amendments) in the past 30 years

[Scholastic]

A great read:

http://www.mises.org/product.asp?sku=B284