Reply #20: I sure hope not [View All]

It doesn't matter how appealing the idea is now, if a president finds a way to bypass congress it'll be a precedent for all future presidents. The constitution still gives us the power to elect a congress to keep the president in check. If the president can bypass congress, he/she can also bypassing the representatives we elect.

Like it or not, the tea party represents the people who elected them. You can't take power from their congressmen without taking power from any group of congressmen. It may be painful, but there only a few solutions that don't limit our power to elect people to represent us
1) Wait until the next election and see if the tea party constituents change their mind.
2) Elect a Democrat majority in the house
3) Have the non-tea party republicans and Democrats work together. The tea party reps are not a majority. If the first two options don't happen this will be the only option.