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To: Lane3 who wrote (23427)	7/10/2006 5:03:35 AM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542258

I don't think Cheney's actions just perception - at least, he and his staff seem consistently to be pushing to increase the power of the Presidency over other branches of government. This is being done in particular with reference to the 'wartime' powers of the presidency - and of course the WOT is then defined as the war, a war which need never be declared over, has a singularly undefinable enemy (hence ever-more-intrusive measures to track and more draconian powers to imprison the alleged suspects), and nevertheless necessitates no mass mobilisation or anything which might really impinge on most voters... I don't say it was a planned excuse - but once there, it was seized upon and won't be readily released. I think the only likely ender for these powers would be a change of party of presidency... if the Dems win in 2008, there's two months to stage something which would conveniently 'end' the WOT, and so suddenly remove all these powers (or at least cover the GOP to rail against them as fiercely as they were once demanded).