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Well, now your playing semantic games. The President doesn't have any power to pass legislation, but he can take his case to the American people and propose law. You already know this. Every President in our history has promised legislation before he was elected. I'm sorry you feel betrayed by every single President in history. When Dubya promised to propose and support a prescription drug plan, he did nothing that any previous President hasn't done. Well, except Dubya actually made good on his promise...perhaps this is why you are angry.

The power the President holds is given to him by the people. There are many laws that have passed that you and I would agree do not meet constitutional muster. I find no mention of a right to privacy yet the SCOTUS did. I find the 2nd Amendment very clear in intent, yet the SCOTUS is unsure what "shall not be infringed" means. The SCOTUS is given the power to interpret the Constitution. My opinion doesn't count.

In our form of government the people vote for the man who will give them what they want. If Dubya does not give the people what they want, the people will replace him with someone who will. The Constitution is not elected. Your animosity would be better aimed at the power behind the prescription drug law...that power is the people. If the people demand socialism, a servant can only give them what they want, or find another job with the knowledge that another servant will be willing to serve.

You are exaggerating the force of Dubya's will. Dubya could be the most charismatic man in the world but he will never convince the Congress to pass any law the American people do not support.

That being said, I wish the public did not support more socialism, but we have seen with AFDC (welfare) that socialism can be reversed when the public supports it's reversal. In time this entitlement may also be reversed. This bill is much better than any bill we would have gotten from the Gore administration, and I do not blame Dubya for doing what he was elected to do.