" If you're at the point you lose if the President needs to whip out his veto pen but doesn't, you're already fighting a defensive, losing battle."
No, That is where you are wrong. Its not a losing battle to expose and keep from office treasonous pukes that want to alter our RTKBA without going through the prescribed methods for doing so.
Its a losing battle for you to try to defend someone that will do that here on this site.
Thanks for the warning, but I don't let my opponents tell me when I'm winning or losing a battle, and I'm quite happy with the scorecard here so far.