theweekmagazine:Liberals need to stop pretending the president has no powerPeople who insisted that
theweekmagazine:Liberals need to stop pretending the president has no powerPeople who insisted that the president could and should be doing more were adherents of the “Green Lantern Theory” of the presidency, after the comic book where someone in possession of a particular ring can do anything, limited only by their imagination and will. By this view, the presidency is an inherently weak office and leftists who think putting a more progressive person in the White House will make a big difference by itself are naive and foolish.Now, passing anything at all through Congress is always a challenge. But critics of Green Lanternism drastically understate the freedom of action that Obama had, especially in his early presidency. He had a huge opportunity to transform the United States into a better place and chose not to do so. -- source link
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