It also doesn't mean that he shouldn't wield it. We can see a big difference though in the Bush use of recession appointments (which I think he misused) and how Obama is using them. Bush used a recession appointment to appoint someone that Congress already rejected (twice at that point if I remember correctly and both times it was a pretty bipartisan decision) where as Obama is doing it to get someone into a needed position to navigate the new health care laws when the republicans in Congress are not likely to even allow a confirmation vote. I would say that his use of this is to get a functional government where congressional republicans are obstructing his ability to do so on partisan reasons rather than based on any issue.
-----Original Message----- From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 11:21 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: If you can't beat 'em... Just because you have the power, does not mean you should wield it. Congress is there for checks and balances. Go around them too often and it will cause troubles - and it does not matter which party controls Congress or White House at the time. I will admit ignorance on this topic but if the Dems have a majority, how is it the Repubs can cause this many issues with confirmations? For the record, I hate the fucking confirmation process - well, actually I hate those involved in the confirmation process, there seems to be no concessions from either side, it always seems like an all or none type thing. Drives me nuts. On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Casey Dougall <ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> I can buy that, but this seems like a pretty important post - maybe >> that is why the WH is forcing this guy through, or maybe there is >> something they do not want us knowing about the guy that may be vetted >> during confirmation hearings. >> >> Still seems kind of sneaky and underhanded. Not something I think I >> would expect from this administration. >> >> > It's within his powers to appoint him, so might as well let congress focus > on something else. To be honest, Obama should bypass congress and senate any > change he can. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322748 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
