[The Antiyuppie]

"It's out of his hands along with gas prices but that has never prevented anyone from jumping on the MSM Bash Bush Bandwagon. This is the same MSM some here on FR claim they don't trust but are willing to side with if it's an issue that supports their claim."

OK, but then exactly what is a leader for? We don't need a leader to state the obvious: "we've got an oil additiction", "we've got an illegal immigration problem". What we need are some proposed solutions, and some leadership to get problems solved or at least help create the conditions to solve problems. The last two years are starting to sound like the years of Carter's "malaise", a disease that was cured by Reagan, an actual leader.

With leadership what we presently have and no excuse for it (having control of the house and senate), the GOP is going to get spanked very, very hard this year - Osama's head on a pike or not.

[tobyhill]

The Executive is actually the weakest of the 3 branches when it comes to initiating things and designed that way but the congress has the right to create laws that will benefit the people but they have failed more by not getting it done where the President can really only mouth off what he wants done.