Governing Like A Dictator

It is possible for the president of the United States to govern like a dictator. These are called Executive Orders and they are not debated in the public forum. All presidents have used them, to some degree, though Democrat presidents seem to make more of them than Republican presidents.

Members of congress are not consulted, indeed, the only thing needed is the signature of a sitting president. This is how Al Gore got so many Executive Orders passed in the last months in the final year of the Clinton administration.

Obama promised us a change in how government is conducts business. After viewing his first Executive Orders it looks like governance as usual. No change from the status quoe, as is evidenced from his first Executive Orders found at the link below.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing_room/executive_orders/