EMBARRASSING – AT 9:28 A.M. ET:  Related to the post below, many Republicans are making the charge, accurately, that Obama is violating the Constitution.  But their reply to this outrage is pathetic and embarrassing.  Again, from Fox: 

Washington Republicans on Sunday restated their argument that President Obama has violated the Constitution by using executive orders to alter the Affordable Care Act but acknowledged they likely have no recourse or ability to stop another incident.

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, told “Fox News Sunday” that congressional Republicans think the president abused the government’s separation of powers by using the executive orders to sidestep Congress and delay the law’s employer mandate.

However, he said critics would be challenged to win in court because Congress lacks the so-called “legal standing” to present the case and they would have a “tough time” finding somebody hurt enough by the delays to be a good plaintiff.

“The president knows this is wrong,” said Lee, among the most outspoken ObamaCare critics. “What gives him the ability to rewrite the law?”

Last week the president, for the second time in about seven months, delayed the employer mandate, which requires medium- and large-sized businesses to offer insurance to employers.

COMMENT:  If you say something is wrong, you'd better have a strategy to fix it.  Simply saying "our hands are tied" doesn't cut it.  If Republicans really believe that the president is in violation of the Constitution, there surely must be a dramatic way to bring the issue to the American people, and to the courts.  After all, people bring Constitutional cases all the time.  I am not a lawyer.  I am speculating.  But you'd think the GOP would have access to the best legal advice on this. 

There is always the threat of impeachment, but it's an empty threat, as it could never be carried out with the Senate in Democratic hands.

I just think the party looks weak and unimaginative, as usual.

February 17, 2014