While conservatives and/or Republicans and/or opponents of President Barack Obama (D) are basking in the warm fuzzie wuzzies of some polling statistics indicating that Mitt Romney (R) or even Mickey Mouse (political affiliation unknown) could defeat Obama in the election ten months from now, Obama has been doing more than publicly golfing and partying hearty while on vacation. While no one was looking, immediately after returning from vacation he pulled a fast one during a mini Congressional break, Obama appointed an interim head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Constitution, precedent and his own senatorial disagreement about these shenanigans be damned. For good measure he threw in three appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. The president acted just a day after the Senate held a session - breaking with at least three different precedents that said the Senate must be in recess for at least three days for the president to exercise his appointment...(Read Full Post)