With the help of some readers, the motivation for Obama bypassing Congress is a little more clear. There’s no doubt this is a power-grab; an expansion of Presidential powers. But, since the PR seems to be backfiring with Obama being attacked from both the left and right, the only way this makes sense is if Obama’s handlers convinced him to take this particular hit for the team. Following this logic, Obama needed to be convinced that the PR backlash is less bad than if he had gone to Congress first. The answer is: his base. The lefties who were at … Continue reading Re: No Boots, But Spooks