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Old 08-17-2012, 08:14 AM  
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That platform looks pretty good for the most part...but as you are aware it is not realistic...as there is not anything in that platform that is within the power of the executive branch to enact. The power of the "bully pulpit" is pretty much the only domestic power that the executive branch has. Domestic power lies within the Congress.
That's why I said earlier in the thread that Citizens United will in fact end our Democracy within 100 years. Until that one decision gets overturned or repealed by Constitutional Amendment every other thing we discuss is 'not possible' or 'won't be allowed by people in power.'
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