Upthread, jimmyt said, "as I see it, the President cannot rise to the level of, say a Hitler, in the way our government is set up."

Perhaps not. But when you have a Republican president with a Republican Congress and a Republican Senate, I think the president can pretty much rise to wherever he wants, if he works the system well. (Substitute Democrat for Republican as desired -- I merely used the R term because they are in power now.)

The only thing that has held Bush and his gang back since 2000 is, I think, that many Republican senators and congressmen are still fairly moderate Republicans -- which makes them good Americans. Thanks jah that the senate and congress weren't filled with neocons. Then I think that there would have been even more of a nightmare than there is.