[pollyannaish]

MATTHEWS: What checks his power then, the president‘s to do it? How does—is there somebody there saying Mr. President, you cannot bug that person, you cannot intercept that person‘s phone messages.

When was the last time somebody said "THE VOTERS ARE THE ULTIMATE CHECK AND BALANCE." He is accountable to US! Sheesh. If we are upset, we will vote the guy out. What is so hard about that to understand? /Rant

[antiRepublicrat]

If we are upset, we will vote the guy out. What is so hard about that to understand?

Perfectly applicable for the first term, meaningless for the second.