On November 17, 2014, The New York Times posted an opinion based article called Obama in Winter. Columnist David Brooks give his opinion on how he "Strange" president Obama has been acting after the midterm elections. David Brooks' article targets all types of audiences in many ways. David tries to target Republicans trying to persuade everyone in thinking Democrats are on the downfall by giving off a negative feeling of the Democrat party.
        David Brooks seems angered by the way he explains Obama's future plans for the nation like fixing immigration policies. David states, "The move will further destabilize the legitimacy of government. Redefining the legal status of five or six million human beings is a big deal." Because the Executive power is being conducted by a Democrat doesn't mean its illegitimate. Obama has won the Latino vote majority through both presidential elections, promising he would help. Obama has managed to help many Latinos with the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals Act but not all. David even stated, "Instead of a nations with laws, we could slowly devolve into a nation of diktats..." Obama spoke many times with Legislative leaders to get together and work on a bill to pass but they never got to an agreement over the last 6 years, and now Obama believes their time is running out, so he's taking actions with his executive power.
        I disagree with David Brooks' article because it's not Obama's fault for wanting to take action on something he told Congress to do years ago. It's Congress' fault for never doing anything, and now that the Republican party is taking control of Congress, Obama wants to act as soon as possible because once both branches are driven by political rivals nothing gets done. Congress has given up express power through time to the Executive because of American fear, so now they should attend to the consequences for being irresponsible, and stripping themselves of their own power.