[sickoflibs]

She is stroking my heart-strings with that talk, however it will never happen. In fact, can a president even do that without congress?

[newzjunkey]

A president can't do it without Congress. The executive is limited, not all powerful, even over the agencies and departments in its branch. You wouldn't know it with Obama, however.

Early in his first term Reagan actually tried abolish of the Dept of Education through Congress and, obviously, didn't succeed.

[smithandwesson76subgun]

Executive order?