In a perfect world where there's wasn't this massive minority well financed attack machine that is every bit as scary as the Southern Democrats in 1860 Obama would have the "luxury" of being able to do a lot more on a lot of fronts...

He tried to shut down Guantanamo only to be thwarted by the Republicans saying that they would not pay for the transfer or keeping of the folks there in any prison in the US... So that was sixed...

He has ordered the end of "enhanced interrogation" so as far as anyone knows water=boarding no longer occurs... Dogs are not longer used... Making people strip naked with wired attached to them no longer occurs...

I mean, yeah, in a perfect world where the opposition party doesn't have all the power this one has...

B~