Yes....I agree with you....but, just judging from what is happening (or not happening, in this case), you can see that our Senators aren't brave enough, apolitical enough, or even mature enough...to tackle the "hard questions"...
So...I fear that while we wait to see what a Congressional debate might conclude re: wiretapping foreign calls to/from and American without warrants....our country will already be in the hands of al-queda...
They have GOT to be laughing at Congress' inability to see past it's own election cycle.
Well, it has been almost 3 HOURS since the dueling quorum calls were NOT allowed to be stopped...
So...what do we think is being done?? Anything, or has everyone just gone back to their offices...and not a dang thing is getting accomplished, yet again today?
Care to speculate??
Well, it's a bit of "game theory" going on. If one trusts the President to do what it takes, regardless of others parsing the law in a way that makes it "wrong," then no amount of parsing by others will change the conduct. In fact, there is a benefit to the covert nature of the action of outward appearance is that of being reined in, but reality is the opposite.
In principle, our form of government is designed to require transparency to the people, by requireing legally enforcible actions to involve agreement by more than one branch. That's whehre my question of "how does it play out?" comes from.
They have GOT to be laughing at Congress' inability to see past it's own election cycle.
In their case, the focus is more on courts, I would think, than on Congress. But even MORE than either of those, on avoiding detection.