"It has been wittily observed that the Constitution has married the President and Senate — has made them man and wife. I believe the consequence that generally results from marriage will happen here. They will be continually supporting and aiding each other: they will always consider their interest as united. They can with facility act in concert, and on a uniform system: they may join, scheme, and plot, against the people without any chance of detection. The Senate and President will form a combination that cannot be prevented by the representatives. The executive and legislative powers, thus connected, will destroy all balances: this would have been prevented by a constitutional council, to aid the President in the discharge of his office, vesting the Senate, at the same time, with the power of impeaching them. Then we should have real responsibility. In its present form, the guilty try themselves. The President is tried by his counsellors."
George Mason, Virginia Ratification Convention, 1788.
Excellent post and very informative.
Right now, we have that bagman and shill Reid being used as a blocker for His Excellency’s running game.
Yesterday was the vote on the “buffet rule”. Since that had to do with Taxes, how did this begin its life in the Senate...I thought all tax legislation must begin in the house? However, in this upside down world of obamaland politics, whatever he wants, he gets out of Reid and those pussheads in the senate, the dems, whom I believe are akin to hemmoroids on the republic including that RINO from Maine who voted with them.
That was prescient!