Written By Will Anderson
Remember when the New York Times (think collectively) accused the Bush administration of abusing executive power? Today The Times writes,
“with much of his legislative agenda stalled in Congress, President Obama and his team are preparing an array of actions using his executive power to advance energy, environmental, fiscal and other domestic policy priorities.”
(The italics in the quote, of course, mine.)
The next sentence is even more incredible:
“Mr. Obama has not given up hope of progress on Capitol Hill, aides said, and has scheduled a session with Republican leaders on health care later this month. But in the aftermath of a special election in Massachusetts that cost Democrats unilateral control of the Senate, the White House is getting ready to act on its own in the face of partisan gridlock heading into the midterm campaign.”
The best line of the piece, which you can read in its entirety here, is,
“White House officials said the increased focus on executive authority reflected a natural evolution from the first year to the second year of any presidency.”
Bush, Rumsfeld, Rove, and others must have collectively said, after reading that this morning, “huh?”
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