Here's what I don't understand. Any abnormal powers/liberties/strategy employed by a sitting president or congress will inevitably be used by the other side when they come to office. If you want to ram through legislation, if you want to abuse executive privilege, if you want to stone wall the media... eventually 4,8,12 years later the other side will be doing the exact same thing but with moral authority. Any power you grab now is open for abuse by your opponents when they come to office. If "the other guys" are really so awful as each party bellows, shouldn't they look to limit the other guys power when the tides turn? As in "It would be wonderful if the President could do X but could you imagine what the country would look like in 4 years if their candidate, congressmen Smith, had that power?"
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Here's what I don't understand. Any abnormal powers/liberties/strategy employed by a sitting president or congress will inevitably be used by the other side when they come to office. If you want to ram through legislation, if you want to abuse executive privilege, if you want to stone wall the media... eventually 4,8,12 years later the other side will be doing the exact same thing but with moral authority. Any power you grab now is open for abuse by your opponents when they come to office. If "the other guys" are really so awful as each party bellows, shouldn't they look to limit the other guys power when the tides turn? As in "It would be wonderful if the President could do X but could you imagine what the country would look like in 4 years if their candidate, congressmen Smith, had that power?"