I'm no expert in Constitutional law or bureaucratic protocol, but I seem to recall learning something about "separation of powers" being a big deal to the heads of the respective branches of government. Last I recall there were three and the media. But I wonder if Obama has different ideas. I wonder why none of the legislators - even the GOP - seem to balk as he arrogantly "moderates" an incredibly boring discussion on his own proposal - sitting up there like some kind of a corrupt political pharaoh. You'd think someone would have enough ego to be offended by this kind of treatment. I personally think that legislators of old certainly would have.
To be sure, the GOP did an excellent job of making their points with the 25% or so of the time that they were allowed the floor, but from what I saw of the "summit" (since when are routine legislative meetings summits, anyway?), it appears that Obama's tactic was to distract the public with long, boring statements about the "crisis" in our private healthcare system by people who haven't had to use the private healthcare system since their political careers began, in most cases that has been decades.
One note: I find myself thinking that the GOP should have walked out on this summit BS until the Dems agreed once and for all to take reconciliation off the table. As long as that's an option you have to wonder what's the point of the summit annyway, unless it's just to provide political momentum for Obama?
One other note: Apparently routine legislative meetings became "summits" at about the same time that it became proper for the head of the executive branch to preside over them...
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