PrintAugust 7, 2009
Two Hundred Days of Hope and Change
Today, America is 200 days into Obama's much ballyhooed "Hope and Change." What is the scorecard so far? The administration of the government has largely passed from the constitutional cabinet offices which require Senate approval into a nebulous system of "Czars." I suppose some people might consider a return to the rule of the Czars a positive step in human history, but there is no system of accountability: America was a constitutional republic in which chief officers were vetted and approved by the Senate. The other workable system has been parliamentary democracy in which responsible ministers resign when their departments screw up. What is the Obama system? Who knows? Overly inquisitive inspectors, we know, get fired, but that's about all we know. The president convenes federal legislators, as if they were his employees and not our protectors from executive abuses and tell them to come up with plans to submit to...(Read Full Article)
