The Challenge Ahead

Russ Feingold nails it right on the head in his special comment for Constitution Day. You can read the entire statement here.


The money graph is here:

Our next president will face a difficult challenge. He must repair the wreckage the current administration has left, which means renouncing some of the powers the current President tried to amass as he turned a blind eye to the rule of law and separation of powers. No president will want to limit his own power. But if we are to be the nation our founders envisioned when they gathered in Philadelphia more than two centuries ago, we must work together — across party lines and at all levels of government — to protect and defend our Constitution and restore the rule of law.

The assault on the Constitution by Cheney, Addington and Bush (through his general disinterest and disdain for the concept of government itself) is perhaps the most corrosive legacy of this failed administration. (That said, the havoc we see in the financial world is not far behind, as it represents the logical conclusion of the Bush Presidency's incompetent fiscal policy).