Reply #27: Obama wants a stronger executive

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The Republicans are tripping all over themselves, because THEY want this Act gelded, gutted and put in a museum for those quaint old days of pluralism. They'd love to impeach or seriously harass him legally, but that would mean supporting the War Powers Act's legitimacy. They've probably figured out the obvious: go on the record as having protested this (as Rand Paul's statement after the speech tonight clearly pointed out the illegality for all to hear) and keep it on ice for further use.

Hey, it's sort of like an Authorization: get permission ahead of time, and use it when convenient.

Now that they're on the record for not having been consulted (to whatever degree that's true or not), ANYTHING that goes wrong is completely HIS FAULT.

Much as they wanted this conquest, it's PERFECT for them: if it works cleanly (which is such a long shot) then they bucked up and went along with it like good Americans, so they share in the victory, but if it fails--or can be made to look as if it did--IT'S ALL HIS FAULT FOR ILLEGALLY FREEZING THEM OUT.

Whatever; I don't have a crystal ball.