>In the end, it seems he was more gridlocked then any of the prior presidents in recent memory and had to resort to more executive orders than previous presiden

>In the end, it seems he was more gridlocked then any of the prior presidents in recent memory and had to resort to more executive orders than previous president. I doubt that's true - I don't remember Bush having any less trouble getting things done domestically. There's nothing nefarious about executive orders - the president is the chief executive, and he directs his subordinates in the same way a corporate CEO does with memos. EOs are just directions on policy implementation. And it's all written in sand, since the next president can arbitrarily cancel or modify EOs.