Why we seem unable to climb out of the hole Bush dug for us

Eli of Multi Medium:

The position of President is the most powerful it’s ever been since the FDR/Truman/WWII era, yet at the same time, the Presidency is the weakest it’s ever been politically since the Nixon/Watergate era.

This really should be impossible, but the combination of 9/11, a supine Congress, complicit media, and feckless opposition gave BushCo. a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to trash the Constitution, which they were only too eager to seize.

C'mon Congress! The brain-eating zombies are closing in on the stalled out car, you've got the keys, and you're quibbling about paperwork! Start the damned car and save the nation. That's why you won the last election! So get on it!