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Message: <blockquote data-quote="XGC OompaLoompa" data-source="post: 124013" data-attributes="member: 28443">Depends on the constitution of the Congress though.Domestically, the President has really no power, he can issue Executive orders, however, Congress controls the purse strings which can prevent implementation of said Executive Orders.  Domestically (and by that extension, economically), Congress is the powerhouse that needs to be run through, that is why lobbyist groups spends billions of dollars on Congress.So, while the President says in a campaign speech that he will do this or that, really, you cannot listen to them unless they fall under the powers given to the President via the Constitution.  Unless he has Congress on his side, then yes, he technically becomes the power behind alot of the legislative measures that he supports, because he becomes the "Party Leader" because he holds the highest office.It's why there has been this dogfight in the Senate over the seats in Georgia, Minnesota, and Alaska, because if Democrats obtain 60 seats, then they have a supermajority and can override any filibuster measure, therefore allowing a carte blanche on legislative measures unless it damages their own base.</blockquote>

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