The President is not always at fault, but unless war is declared he can use the military quite a bit without a vote. He can veto things and make it really hard for it to be over turned. A lot of things take a 2/3 majority and that's hard even if you controlled 100% of the House / Senate. A lot of our recent problems were caused not by a Party, but by just not following and enforcing current regulations.
> I'm always amazed when people ask the President: 'How are you going to > do/solve XY&Z?' The President isn't a dictator. His only real power is to > suggest to Congress what laws he feels will be good for the nation.
