[Restorer]

In time of true war, an American president becomes something close to a dictator. This is as more due to public sentiment than to any other factor. The public correctly recognizes that committtees and deliberative bodies are not well suited to the quick decisions needed in such times of emergency. The question is whether such emergency procedures are continued after the end of the war.

So far, America has had a reasonably good record of reverting to less executive-dominant methods of governance between wars.

[dirtboy]

Now, in the views of many scholars, Bush has restored the "Imperial Presidency," a term Arthur Schlesinger Jr. used to describe Richard M. Nixon's administration in 1973.

I wonder if Dana Milbank expressed such concerns about Clinton's abuse of Executive Orders. Somehow I doubt it.

[ladyinred]

Someone needs to seize power from Congress and the judicial branch. We are at war, and this is no time to play around with partisan politics like the dems in congress keep trying. Whiney article, WP.
The President of the US is constitutionally the Commander and Chief of the Armed Forces, therefore these decisions are his, and he should be able to make them.

[p23185]

the link goes nowhere - has it been pulled?