Veto

President Bush is the first one since Martin Van Buren to go through an entire term without vetoing a bill. In case you were wondering, Martin van Buren was our 8th president, and it has been 164 years since van Buren was the president. To some this may indicate that Bush has just been lucky. He has. But it seems like the relationship between congress and the president is too cozy these days. How is it possible that he hasn’t gotten a single bill that he just didn’t agree with? There is much to disagree on lately and he does a lot of it, but somehow those disagreements never make it to his desk in the form of potential legislation.

I for one like the relations between my branches of government to involve more firm stand-taking and political chicken. It should not be the case that every bill that goes before the president is neatly packaged and delivered with a little bow. Where is the rancor, people?