+750 It sucks that people blame the President for everything, when in reality, the President doesn't have any real power at all (can push for new laws, that's about it). The Senate basically runs the country, we just vote every four years for someone new to blame, amirite?

by Anonymous 10 years ago

Sad but true. Although the power to deploy the U.S. Military for 90 days without senate permission is a huge power.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The President has plenty of power. People who are ignorant of how our government works don't really understand that he can't just "do something" as far as law and policy changes without Congress, but that isn't the only way to throw your weight around... and he's a super-heavyweight.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's allllll Congress, baby. The president is the federal government's spokesperson, and despite what Americans are led to believe today, he is not the big cheese.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

By that logic, Bush was a great president. I mean, look at all the things we got to blame him for!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I said the exact same thing today. According to our school newspaper, 17% of kids at my school in a particularly liberal area blamed the poorly run government on Obama. I just laughed, because I know the president doesn't have any real power.

by Anonymous 10 years ago