Consequently, you can be assured that he literally hates negotiating -- with Boehner...or anybody else. He is no doubt frustrated by the fact that, as POTUS, he cannot simply decree the result that he wants. By "more power" he means dictatorial control -- megalomania is at work in the Oval Office.
BINGO! The funny thing is, though, when you try to tell any of his supporters this kind of stuff (and believe me I've tried) they either look at you like you've just blasphemed God and/or just accuse you of racism and that's that.
Inside every liberal, there is a totalitarian. Since they know what is best for you -- and everybody else -- it would be so much easier to simply order you to do as they say.
In discussions with dozens of liberals, I am convinced that they would have no problem whatsoever with a dictator in the White House...so long as he was their's.