Reply #18: That's really interesting.

[clear eye]

I honestly had no idea. Maybe that's why he's so desperate to get something, anything passed--to show that he's a force to reckoned with, a real President.

I always thought that a President could make it easier or harder for a member of Congress to get re-elected in many ways. But if they think he won't use his powers against them (only against us in the progressive grassroots)....