re: Lets have an open and rhetoric free discussion about Executive Power

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I wonder how much of an issue this will be in either primary leading up to 2016?

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It will probably be used as a big hot button issue in the Republican primaries, but as usual, politicians (especially the Republicans for this cycle, like Dems did during W's term) will talk about the dangers of the concentration of power in the executive branch....then do absolutely nothing about it. In fact, if they get into the WH, chances are they will somehow increase the power of the Executive branch.

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How much of a national priority, in your opinion, should this be?

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The growth of government power in general should be the biggest concern, period. The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen. Now, I know that doesn't directly address the EO angle you're taking, but EOs are a part of the "bigger government" problem we have.