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Over the years congress has happily relinquised authority to presidents - moreso than usual to Obama. He has used it to pursue an unconstitutional agenda while both he and congress ignore the expressed will of the people they represent. It will not be easy for congress to regrow a backbone.

"We have become a goddamned cargo cult. We think that the great god “Washington” has money, and when we send our chief up there, that Washington is going to rain money down on us. Are you crazy? The nation is broke, and Hawaii is a tiny, eentsy bitsy row of dots afloat far away on a distant ocean.
There ain’t no more Washington money. Dan Inouye is not Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy. The game is up. I told you and I told you and I told you. About the economy. About the ERS. About the EUTF. About all of it..and now the day has come — and after ten years you are not ready."
-- John Radcliffe, union lobbyist for University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (labor union) Speech to UHPA Sat. Feb. 12, 2011
http://markingmanymilestones.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/uhpa-speech-john-radcliffe-lobbyist/