>From Richard, > Unless, and this can be troubling ...we have already elected our last > President. By executive order, the President can now "put off" the next > election. Yes! the power is in place because executive orders now in place > permit this "if" a national emergency is declared. > The existing President can declare a national emergency just as he "declared > war" in Afghanistan and Iraq. > Richard
Following up on the same "source": There is the possibility that if McCain became incapacitated before the the elections are over the Republicans could wrangle a legal maneuver to stop the orderly succession of the executive branch. This is why I hope McCain will at least survives the elections. Incidentally, if this remote possibility does play out it would obviously mean that Bush would remain in office - and Bush SOOOO MUCH wants out. He's had it. After the Katrina disaster it finally dawned on him that "the decider" doesn't really have all that much executive power to to make national decisions, or to put it more succinctly, he has finally become more aware of the fact that few in his administration respect his decision making powers. It is my understanding that Bush actually wanted to send much more aid to NO than what was actually sent. He also wanted to make another public stance (a rousing speech) similar to what he did after 9/11 at ground zero. He felt he was at his best then. Apparently, his aids nixed those decisions primarily because NO is comprised mostly of poor non-republican voters. His aids told Bush the administration really doesn't have the extra man-power and supplies to spare since all of our national resources are currently up in Iraq right now fighting against the insurgency. Bush, instead, had to take it on the chin, so to speak, the brunt of the criticism as the press and public vilified his apparent lack of insight into handling the NO disaster. Apparently, Bush no longer thinks being the prez is all that much fun anymore. Owning another baseball team is probably looking a lot more attractive to Bush these days. Again, take this all with a grain of salt. I just hope McCain makes it through the elections. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
