checks and balances? Half of the Republican Party would get heart attacks if the President could just directly legislate his will. The other half would probably go too, after President Socialist Obama has the galls to raise taxes.
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Standing up to Unions might sometimes be needed. But bullying teachers and then giving himself and his high paid staff a pay raise kind of takes the bite out of him standing up for the state's budget.
