It's the Economy Stupid!
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Phil Kerpen, director of Policy at Americans for Prosperity
and Diana West, Washington Times syndicated columnist and author of Death of the Grown Up: How America's Arrested Development Is Bringing Down Western Civilization (St. Martin's), analyze the Republican debate in Michigan that focused on economic issues.
Death of the Grown Up is available for purchase at Amazon.com
Death of the Grown Up is available for purchase at Amazon.com
Comments [5]
Good point Paulo. You're right, line item veto is definitely a lesser evil than the signing statement.
Well, a line item veto is better than the signing statements which have less legitimacy but much greater power because they block the item from going back to Congress. Also, there is nothing to limit the scope of a signing statement.
Good question roehan; I'm not certain, but I think that the line item veto takes a simple majority to override, which is a huge thing to overcome should a president forget his duty to protect the minority from the majority.
Kerpan has a good point on Romney's ethos, about how conservatives buy the Romney image because he's coming over to conservative side.
What characteristics contribute to a candidate "looking" presidential?
With the line item veto, what is to stop a President who has a majority in the house and the senate to veto only the opposition parties items?
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