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Great essay, and gives second thoughts to one of those who is very active on those 'bashing' threads. I STILL don't like him signing a bill that trashes the most basic fundamentals of the Constitution, though, and the 'every President does it' excuse isn't much of a refutation.

On my part, I'm making the same mistake as the Left... underestimating him. However, that still doesn't mean that his 'plan' for CFR will come to fruition. As you say, he's not perfect (and nobody is), which means that this gambit can fail, and SCOTUS just might leave us with a government who now feels like they have the authority, the power, and the ability to legislate what speech is allowed. Then the politicians will have the final confirmation that political game is their very own, and that we 'little people' are not welcome to play.

I have read some of your posts re: cfr on other threads. You are a smart cookie.
I, too, have changed my view to the extent that I can at least live with this decision.

... that this gambit can fail, and SCOTUS just might leave us with a government who now feels like they have the authority, the power, and the ability to legislate what speech is allowed. Then the politicians will have the final confirmation that political game is their very own, and that we 'little people' are not welcome to play.

The entire game is regaining control of the Congress. Period.
The legislative agenda and the makeup of the Federal Judiciary depends on it.
In case no one else has noticed, the democrats know how to wield power.
They have no qualms about ruling the Senate using bogus 60 vote majority hurdles,
yet they expect "power sharing" when the GOP has a 1 vote advantage.
Maybe, just maybe, we Republicans are going to fight to win, and actually engage in some politics for a change.