Reply To: Imperial presidents

ubiquitin,

“if the minority party says we will obstruct no matter what. The only way to govern is by fiat”

It’s a bit of the chicken and the egg, but I think part of the cause of obstructionism in Congress is because of the outsized importance placed on the presidency, and the resulting fear of what a president in the opposition party can do. Congress drafts and passes laws, but the credit is given to the president.