As the second year of his first term cranks up, President Obama is perhaps showing some of the maturity that comes with having been around the block already. Perhaps he is following a plan he has intended all along. In either case, he is showing a set of canines that Congress had forgotten about.
The New York Times is reporting that he is planning a raft of executive action in the face of congressional gridlock, something that will either light a fire under legislators on both sides of the aisle, leave them standing looking fooolish – or both.
With much of his legislative agenda stalled in Congress, President Obama and his team are preparing an array of actions using his executive power to advance energy, environmental, fiscal and other domestic policy priorities.
