into the balance cans the way they did, his action without consulting congress was upheld as appropriate under the war powers act. a president would have to cut new ground, do something like barack obama promised as a candidate he would do, which is to say no, i believe in defining presidential authority to wage war in a way that is more explicit, and therefore more constricted. he has not done that. he is acting consistent with the way bill clinton acted and nste wh tayot pridtsct imorn tis. y out hwaogto be different on that issue in particular, you are wrong, but he makes a case on the grounds for which he did intervene. rachel, thank you. go back to your real job, dissect this speech in the next hour. i will be cribbing for you. president obama s decision to take action in libya uncovered another situation where democrats like dennis kucinich agree with some tea party republicans.