no doubt @ByronYork: Better to act without authorization, while claiming legal authority, than ask for authorization, lose, and act anyway.
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@JohnJHarwood@byronyork Obama thinks he'll win vote. Going to Congress is 1. right 2. policy stronger w/Congress' backing. Worth the risk. -
@ejdionne As long as Obama is prepared to abide by Congress' will if it refuses to authorize action. -
@ByronYork@EJDionne - and that is the dilemma Obama faces which is complicated by his difficult relations he has with Rs in Congress -
@dhwinston@byronyork@ron_fournier@JohnJHarwood@ThePlumLineGS Here's my take on why Obama needed to do what he did http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2013/09/01/on-syria-obama-had-to-go-to-congress/ … - 1 more reply
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@ByronYork O won't act if he loses vote. Point of rhetoric is to pad record that WH not admitting that Constitutn reqs Cong authorization.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork@brithume But better still to use Congress to get out of a no-win situation, even if Kerry ends up w his shorts around his anklesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork ahem too late Odummy made the bed.#PhonyPresident#LiberalLogicThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork Obama fighting for Al Qaeda!!!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork 41 and 43 got authorization, why is this different? On another note, Rep Griffin gave R talking point on why House R votes no.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork great analysis. Thanks!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork. thought cowboy diplomacy acting unilaterally was Bush43 territory@BarackObama@MarkDavis@660KSKY@rushlimbaugh@marklevinshowThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork Unless#Obama &#Biden are repeatedly on the record that POTUS does NOT have authority. Now Congress is to blame if they vote no.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork But he can complain about a Congress that fights him over everything he wants to do. Trying to re-establish power. Looking weak.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork NONE will oppose effort to give food/water, gas mask to civilian Syrians, and many will help.Will create jobs=cheaper than cruiseThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork: Better to act without authorization while claiming legal authority than ask for authorization, lose, and act anyway -
@winbar25@ByronYork Awful reasoning. Better to be overreaching & impulsive- rather than cautious? May be Guns of August- not Munich.
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