Quick question: As President, what big changes could Obama invoke without involving the Congress?

[BigBearJohn]

Just curious.

[DFLforever]

1. Regulatory enforcement which he's ramped up in a

huge way. May be his most significant executive achievement at this point.

EPA FDA, SEC, etc

This imo is what the Repukes most hate and can't impact much at this point.

[Ken Burch]

2. Depends on what all he can do with executive orders.

n/t.

[Ken Burch]

3. You're assuming he ever WANTED big changes

It's looking more and more like he may have been sent in by the rich to defuse the movement for change and help undermine it by becoming deliberately unpopular.

[Chulanowa]

4. Let's not be stupid, please n/t

[regnaD kciN]

7. Oh, I think teh stupid is becoming a DU fixture these days

[BigBearJohn]

6. Sometimes the incredibility of something offers the best invisibility. Think about it.

[uponit7771]

16. Sooooo Obama could have a 3rd arm growing out of his back? You know it's called the big lie right?

TIA

[dmosh42]

5. Get some prosecutions for the financial disaster, fake wars, etc........

But first get an aggressive Att'y Gen'l, who wants to do something. Not the useless person who only wants to get the pot smokers and growers.

[notesdev]

8. He could end the wars

Nothing Congress can do can compel him to continue them - the major leverage the House has is to deny funds, but you don't need funds for war if the war is over.

[ipaint]

9. Bill Black: What Obama Could Do Now

1. Appoint (on a recess basis) Michael Patriarca as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).



The FHFA remains under the control of the (second) acting director. Both acting directors had served as the senior leaders of FHFA’s predecessor (OFHEO) and failed dramatically as regulators. FHFA is in a superb position to provide decisive leadership on a wide range of critical issues (e.g., finding the true losses on CDOs, the true incidence of fraud, and the true incidence of foreclosure fraud and abuse).

2. Appoint Paul Volcker (on a recess basis) as Secretary of the Treasury. Accept Secretary Geithner’s resignation.

3. Appoint James Galbraith as the Comptroller of the Currency.

Here are things that could be announced tomorrow and are critical, but couldn’t be completed in a day:

1. Direct the FDIC and the FHFA to conduct a scientific sample of the incidence/extent of losses, mortgage fraud, and foreclosure fraud and criminal referrals (and failure to file criminal referrals) by the regulatory agencies and institutions.

2. Create a national “hot line” to report mortgage and foreclosure fraud.

3. Direct each financial regulatory agency to make the filing of appropriate criminal referrals (by the agency and the industry) a major priority. Create a national interagency task force composed of the regulators, the FBI, and the Department of Justice to coordinate and prioritize investigations and prosecutions. Create a “Top 100″ list of the most significant cases.


http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2010/10/12/bill-black-what-obama-could-do-now/


Unfortunately, he is doing the opposite-

If Obama Thinks the Response to the S&L Debacle Failed, Why Is He Adopting it?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-k-black/if-obama-thinks-the-respo_b_776867.html

[Greyhound]

10. Apparently not really looking for answers as much as excuses as to why it's just too hard. n/t

[Winterblues]

11. He could resign and let Biden take over

:shrug:

[JackRiddler]

12. The cabinet tells the story.

Gates, Geithner, until now Summers and Emanuel.

What big changes were they supposed to make?

[AnArmyVeteran]

13. Exactly!

[uponit7771]

15. You not answering the question tells the story even more

[JackRiddler]

17. You're right. It's my fault the Democrats lost the election.

[uponit7771]

14. Obama is a Gaw-DUH!!!!