Obama’s Power Grab a Sign of Weakness
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 7th, 2012 5:32 am by HL
Obama’s Power Grab a Sign of Weakness
John Podhoretz, New York Post
President Obama’s executive power-grab this week — making four “recess” appointments when the Senate isn’t in recess — is a mark not of his strength, but of his relative weakness. He is asserting an authority he does not possess through the Constitution because he has precious little personal authority left to assert.He had it and he lost it, and he can’t figure out how to get it back — so he’s just going to take it.
Obama Thumbs His Nose at Constitution
Enthusiasm Lacking as N.H. Primary Nears
Erin McPike, RealClearPolitics
MANCHESTER, N.H. — A major political contest is happening in this state just five days from now, but you'd barely notice if you spent a day here.The Granite State takes pride in its first-primary-in-the-nation status: Every four years, politicians who hope to be president pound its pavement, meet its voters and eat its pie. The Republicans vying to take on President Obama in November have done some of that this cycle, but not enough to excite the state's residents. Many of them are greeting Tuesday's voting with a collective yawn.After an early morning event Thursday, Mitt…
