Even during "recess "...
Posted on 01/07/2012 8:26:14 AM PST by opentalk
President Obama is running for re-election with an unusual pitch: He can't work with others. He only gets along with yes-men.
"I refuse to take no for an answer," Obama said Wednesday of his decision to make a "recess" appointment that placed Richard Cordray as head of a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Constitution, of course, gives the president the power to make appointments during Senate recesses. Technically, however, the Senate was in session.
The imperial president bypassed Senate rules and years of precedent, because he wouldn't or couldn't cut a deal.
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Even during "recess "...
The great uniter (supposedly) has turned into the biggest divider, purposefully and willfully.
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