Those lunatics have been warming up in the Democrat bullpen at least since the Communist civil war with America of the 1960s. They succeeded in taking and occupying the media, academia, much of the permanent Federal bureaucracy and many other essential institutions.
Obama needs Czars to bully past our now-feeble Democratic legislative processes and force his totalitarian programs on us before too many realize what's happening. The majority of legislators refuse to do the hard job of legislating anyhow, so are happy to let them take over. Many "legislators" are there only for the power, the graft and the perks.
And once Zero and his henchmen enshrine Sotomayor on the SCOTUS, we're one Judge away from what is euphemistically called "soft tyranny."