November 18, 2014      5:15 PM
Bearse: A Pocketful of Gruber
From the Right: QR’s conservative columnist argues there is a right way and a wrong way for the GOP to oppose President Obama’s promised executive action on immigration
Our
constitutional law professor in chief will always seize a political
opportunity, even if it creates a constitutional crisis. In theory a president
“shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” After all, it’s in the Constitution.
But President Obama is making a
different calculation: that Republican objection over a constitutional
separation of powers issue will be overshadowed by the political benefit resulting
from his executive order on immigration.
Here is the
trap he is trying to set for Republican candidates running for president:
oppose his order on constitutional grounds, and then spend months answering
whether alternatively you would deport those 4.5 million people. He wants
Republican candidates to oppose the order in the primary, and have it come back
to bite the nominee in the general.
This is a
president who locked down war memorials from veterans to make a point about the
government shut down. He will do anything to advance his political goals. He
will even tell you if you like your doctor, you can keep him. He has proven he
will say anything, and do anything to win a political victory. He has a
pocketful of Gruber.
The complete column from Eric Bearse
can be found in the R&D Department.
By Eric Bearse
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