One
would think President Obama would interpret his latest Election Day shellacking
as a resounding vote of no confidence in his agenda by the American people. But
bizarrely, the president reportedly
feels “liberated” by his party’s loss of control of the Senate. Even before the
new Congress is seated, he plans to dramatically change the immigration system
by signing executive orders, apparently unconcerned that such brazen moves
would severely damage efforts at bipartisan cooperation on immigration and many
other issues.
Although
Obama previously admitted
he does not have the authority to undertake these actions, he now argues that
he is tired of waiting for Congress to act. If there is a clause in the
Constitution that allows the president to usurp Congressional authority when he
feels impatient, I haven’t seen it. Please take a look at the Constitution
and tell me if you find it.
The
President is also reportedly planning
a slew of dramatic executive actions to fight global warming. If his goal is to
suppress economic growth and job creation, he’s on the right path.
Turning
to foreign policy, Russian strongman Vladimir Putin has been busy lately, dispatching
Russian troops and new weapons systems into Ukraine, threatening
the Baltics, announcing
plans to send Russian bombers to the Gulf of Mexico, and possibly sending
a submarine into Swedish territorial waters. Although Obama did not have much
of a response to these provocations, his week was not free of accomplishments –
he concluded
a global warming agreement with China.
So
we have that going for us.
