[ClearCase_guy]

The Democratic chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Max Baucus, was taken aback at the end-around: "Senate confirmation of presidential appointees is an essential process prescribed by the Constitution that serves as a check on executive power."

*AHEM* In case you didn't notice, Obama won the election in 2008. That makes him dictator. That means he can do anything he wants. These outdated notions of Constitutional limits to power have been swept away. Please try to keep up.

[Dr. Ursus]

Max in a rare moment of sobriety!