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Originally Posted by ganeil
Are you at all familiar with the way our systems works? We don't govern by polls, presidents are elected for 4 year terms, and presidents can veto legislation passed by Congress. If you need more info it can be found here. |
My understanding is that the President is elected by the people. For 4 years we're stuck with the decision. Ina mean time (2 years into the president's term), the Congreas gets re-elected -- by the people again. And this time, people gave a chance to the "other" side because...most likely some of those polls were correct and people realized mistakes they made.
Now, yes, the Pres has the right to veto, however, if he really cares about what people of his/her country want (expressed) through the Senators, I would think he would at least listen to the demands before publically dismissing any Iraq challenges...
That is my understanding of how the system works...