Just Another Fiat ByThis Imperial President

Obama stated time and time again that he did not have the power to change the law regarding immigrant status. Never mind the fact that he did nothing when he had complete control of Congress during his first two years. It would almost appear as though he were waiting to blame the GOP for any failure on the issue. 
Now, at the last minute of the lame duck session, the Narcissist In Chief rides in on his white horse to rescue hapless illegal immigrant families with anchor babies from being deported.
His action was not well received. Poll after poll shows that the majority of Americans do favor some type of solution on the illegal immigrant issue, but prefer Congress to legislate such an action. 
The Emperor's words lead one to believe that he will only sign a Bill enacted by Congress if it is exactly what he wants. 
He has no intention to either work or compromise with the GOP led Congress. His intent is to pick fights that will force them into actions so as to make them look bad. They must not take the bait.

More on the reality challenged "Chosen One" who feels the electorate is with him:

November 23, 2014

President Obama is tone-deaf again

By Silvio Canto, Jr.

We've heard that President Obama once told Democrats concerned about ObamaCare's unpopularity that they shouldn't worry because they had him as some kind of a political firewall.  

So much for that firewall!  The Democrats lost the House in 2010, and 28 U.S. senators who voted for ObamaCare are gone.

He is once again misjudging public opinion for two big reasons.

First, it's true that most Americans generally favor immigration reform.  But that's not what President Obama just did, as John Podhoretz wrote:

The White House is banking on the fact that majorities in the polls support more open immigration policies than the Republican party does.

But what’s interesting to me is that those polls suggest the American people believe in setting up a “path to citizenship.” 

This new policy is not that.

Instead, it creates a new kind of status for people who have been here illegally for more than five years.

The two are very far from the same thing, and there’s a very real question whether this new system will seem a fair process to the American people or rather an arbitrary act of line-drawing.

Nor is there any real support for the president’s deep conviction that, in general, the public is with him, the source of his bizarre evident certainty that the two-thirds of the American voting population that did not vote is on his side.

In fact, polling after the election suggests the American people want policy in general to be set by Congress rather than Obama, and it’s not even close; in Gallup, the pro-GOP margin is 17 points. 

On another point, President Obama is deeply ignorant (or tone-deaf) of U.S. history, as Fred Barnes wrote:

On an issue that affects many millions of Americans, it’s best—even necessary—to have bipartisan support in Congress.

Going forward in a purely partisan fashion is bound to cause national discord, increase polarization, and heighten distrust in Washington.

Worse still, it means the issue will be controversial for years to come. 

What did our tone-deaf president just do?  He went against public opinion and legalized 5 million people without Congress.  You can get away with that in an emergency, but not over this.

The whole thing will blow up in his face.  

First, there is a good chance that a court will reverse it.  

Second, and here is the wild card that few are talking about, there is a good chance of another "people surge" at the U.S.-Mexico border.   

Why is this president so tone-deaf?  He has a high opinion of himself.  And he is surrounded by people who don't challenge him.  The net result is the kind of political tone-deafness that we've seen and continue to see.

original post