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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Are All US Presidents Figure Heads ?

Poll: Americans losing trust in administration, but not Obama


A single man and single President can not make decisions alone, notwithstanding executive orders.

Presidential Executive Orders

What is a presidential executive order?
An executive order is a directive by the President of the United States that has the power of a federal law. Presidents might issue executive orders to create committees or organizations like the Peace Corps. In general, though, Presidents use executive orders to direct and manage how the federal government operates.
Can executive orders be overturned?
Congress may attempt to overturn an executive order by passing legislation (a bill) that opposes the order. However, the President can veto that bill, and Congress would then need to override that veto to pass the bill. Also, the Supreme Court can declare an executive order to be unconstitutional.

Any President must listen to the legislative branch as they ponder laws and what is good for society. If the President does not have a good relationship with the Congress (Democratic President, Republican Congress or Republican President, Democratic Congress), it can be a disaster getting things done.

From the beginning of his Presidency, many Republicans vowed that they would not work with Obama or present obstacles for him in his goals for the country. Many said that he would be a one term President.

As a young guy in my teens, I was determined to be successful regardless of any Presidency, not meaning I would pull myself up by my own bootstraps. That is such a ridiculous and erroneous idea. We all depend upon each other in some way. For example, we depend upon immigrants and illegal ones, as well, to be migration workers to put food on all of our tables. 



By  | The Ticket – 8 hrs ago
Obama speaks in Baltimore, Md., May 17, 2013. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
The trio of scandals that have swirled around the White House in recent weeks have made Americans doubt the administration's honesty and integrity, but they have not affected President Barack Obama's job-approval rating,a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found.
Despite controversies involving the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Justice and State Department, Obama's job approval rating is holding at 48 percent—essentially unchanged from April.
According to the survey of 1,000 adults conducted May 30 to June 2, a combined 58 percent of respondents said they believe the State Department's handling of the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, "raises either major or minor doubts" about the Obama administration’s honesty and integrity.
The same percentage said the DOJ’s subpoena of Associated Press reporters’ phone records has left them doubting the administration. And 55 percent said the IRS’ targeting of conservative-sounding groups that applied for tax-exempt status raises similar concerns.
But Americans do not appear to be holding the president responsible for the scandals.
A minority (41 percent) hold Obama “totally” or “mainly” responsible for the Benghazi attack. Even less (37 percent) blame the president for the DOJ debacle, and just 33 percent "directly blame him for the IRS’s targeting of conservative-sounding groups."
The responses fell, predictably, along party lines:
Fewer than one-quarter of Democrats hold Obama directly responsible for these three controversies, versus a majority of Republicans who do so—including 68 percent for the Benghazi attack.
And while Obama's overall job approval rating may be holding steady, he's seen a decline among independents. Just 28 percent of independents polled approve of his job, down from 37 percent in April.
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