[TheRealThing]

The founding fathers set up a system of checks and balances to prevent one branch of government from dominating the other two. I don't think that they ever imagined that one branch would unilaterally surrender its power to a corrupt, anti-American president.

Congress has two primary tools to ensure that the executive branch does not become dominated by a tyrant: the power of the purse and impeachment. Republicans wasted no time following their dominating election victories of 2014 in announcing that they did not intend to use either of those tools under any circumstance.

Obama has taken unprecedented and unconstitutional actions to seize power that the Constitution reserved for the legislative branch. Yet, to combat that power grab, Republicans are scared to death to take drastic, but constitutional actions to flex Congress's muscles in response to rebalance our government.

A courageous Senate Majority Leader would eliminate the filibuster in the Senate. Then, Republicans would pass hundreds of bills that have been bottled up by Harry Reid and the Democrats for years. Obama could either break all records for vetoing legislation or he could come to the bargaining table and look for common ground.

Obama has shown time after time in dealing with foreign policy issues that he is one of the worst negotiators in the history of the world. What does it say about the Republican Party that they cannot formulate a negotiating strategy that results in Obama getting at least equal blame for failing to enact popular laws?

I honestly suspect that many members of both parties in Congress are scared that they will be next to get the Bob Menendez treatment from Obama's Justice Department if they stand up to him. I cannot think of any other explanation to make sense of the cowardly behavior of most members of Congress.

You may well be right and we may not know the half of it!