It's the truth of the matter. Until Republicans finally wake up and see the enemy within their own party the government is gonna be business as usual no matter who wins the White house. The only way to hold POTUS accountable after election is via congress. When congress no longer operates within the boundaries and conditions specified in the Constitution then anarchy and corruption prosper. Which do you want? Your party to win no matter how wrong they are too, or real positive change in our government?
If not for Congress giving Bush everything he didn't need in the way of Executive Powers and new Cabinet level Departments then this POTUS election would not be near as critical now would it? Which party gave Bush those powers?
Bush wasted the opportunity of several generations to bring about a reversal of liberalism in this nation. Had he jumped on the oil issue from day one we would be nearly free of foreign blackmail.. Had he jumped on military issues we would not have every third world stink hole testing us. By jumping on military issues I don't mean the W.O.T. I mean such things as addressing End Troop Strengths instead of running a few good service members ragged as well as their equipment. Instead he chose to jump on the liberal bandwagon. McCain is as bad if not worse because every time Bush had a bad idea McCain was there to shill for it.
“new cabinet level powers”? If you mean Homeland Security then you are dead wrong. Criminal Justice is my field and that needed to be done 20 yrs ago. In fact, the cooperation between CIA, FBI, SBI and other agencies has been so bad since Carter Admin. that most of unsolved crimes could have been solved if agencies shared information. I for one believe that if it were not for this forced sharing of info that we would have had another major 9/11 already. My only objection has been that FEMA should have been a seperate entitity from the criminal aspect of it, so it could be held accountable for its own spending and response.
As for Congress holding President accountable, it is you who does not understand government. The Executive Branch, The Legislative Branch and The Judicial Branch have very little control of one another..and certainly not in the way you think they should operate. Real positive change is by holding the elected officials to the ‘ACTUAL CONSTITUTION’. Positive change is not electing the democrats.
My point.