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This is pretty much verbatim the "Green Lantern" theory of the presidency, fwiw.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/04/30...

Green Lantern theory says president should have sway over Congress. That is not the issue here.

No, the Green Lantern theory is basically that the public believes the President can do anything and everything he wants, and therefore can follow up on all of their campaign promises.

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