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Steve Benen uses a great analogy to tell us how the Congress just got put on the spot.

Be Careful What You Wish For

Benen points out that dogs chase cars and do so until one day they catch the car and then, what the hell?

The same with Congress. All kinds of noise about unilateral actions by Presidents, pick any President. All kinds of criticism about being "soft" and "hard". "Do nothing".

The nice thing is that they are never called to make the decisions themselves. Something as intimate to their contact with the people and their Constitutional responsibilities as there is. Anytime. Anywhere.

Decisions about military actions.

Now, Obama calls their bluff.

Both left and right have expressed different points of view. Kevin Drum even thinks that Obama made a foolish move. Wrong this time Kevin.

It is time for the loudmouths on both sides to step up.

Obama has been looking for an opportunity to get Congress to act like adults. He even signaled this in the SOTU speech. "Put away childish things".

Now. Here we are.

Here they are.

I said yesterday that this was a great move. Astute.

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