He sees it as a mandate, as do his supporters.

There is precedent. Zimbabwe's Mugabe is about to dissolve parliament there.

:D

I am a fan of Obama's new, more confident autocratic and "top down" approach. I do wish he would dissolve the House of Reps though.

"HarryReidsBangedSphincter, We always kneew you were a Marxist! " Nope.

Studies have shown that this isn't the case.

We do. But we are leaving the unimpressive abstinence-based ones behind in favor of such Eurocentric ones as Moderation Management!

"So if it's not perfect then it is an epic failure. Typical leftist Utopianism." Twelve Step, with its 7% success rate, is utopianism.

12 Step fail, and kicking people out on the street for not "abstaining", is where the cruelty is.

"Newsflash: the stress of homelessness is not when keeps them drinking or using. The numbers may be poor, but better than zero. Your position only helps homeless advocates. " No, it helps people who have been ill served by the epic failure that is the 12 step model.

"So a good outcome is keeping them drinking and using drugs? At least in "abstinence schemes" some people recover. I am proof of that. " The numbers are poor, though. In a wet house, at least the former homeless are not drinking mouthwash, and a good deal of them decrease their consumption as the stress of homelessness recedes.