Then you are saying the President has no power to influence the outcome of a bill in congress? He did manage to foist Bill Frist on us as majority leader, so I guess he is not all that powerless.
In case you have forgotten, the President has not exercised the Veto one time in his tenure. I am not sure but I don't think that has ever happened before.
So?
It is the Constitutional charge of the Congress to enact laws. If anyone is to blame then, it would be the nearly 70% of the American people who supported CFR.