How does he think he has the power????
Since when did Congress ever tell him differently???
There have been some peeps from Congress, but certainly not enough. A lot if them are probably scared by now.
Also, of course, the Senate is controlled by the Dems, so there won’t be any help there, unless some of them wake up and realize that he could easily turn on them, too.
I think one of the big reasons Obama has put so much effort into trying to manipulate the elections and the candidates and trying to suppress political speech is that he is looking at 2010 and wants to make sure that there is no chance of getting more GOPers into the Senate or of getting more aggressive ones into the House. If he can shut us down in 2010, it will be smooth sailing for him from there - and complete oppression for us.