Mainly because of low Obama ratings.

Obama details executive action on gun restrictions

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) issued a statement Monday saying that even without knowing the plan’s details, he thinks “the president is at minimum subverting the legislative branch, and potentially overturning its will. . . . This is a dangerous level of executive overreach, and the country will not stand for it.”

It’s not the country I’m worried about, it’s the House of Representatives.

Stop one act of violence, and it’s worth it, says Obama

Once a community organizer, always the wheedler.

“We know that we can’t stop every act of violence. But what if we tried to stop even one?” —President Obama http://ofa.bo/c5LZ

What if we kept our noses out of other people’s business, like inner-city blacks in fear for their lives?

Leslie Knopes, our lovable fascist

She knows what’s best for Parks & Recreation constituents, but they bounce her from that job, she goes to a federal-gummint job where she can do as she pleases, constituents can go fly a kite.

A morality tale. He with ears to hear, let him listen.

War on citizens with guns moving right along

That is, citizens who play by the rules, waged by the demagogue-in-chief.

Goodby, localism?

Among other anti-democratic influences. we have our maximum leader.

The Authoritarian Impulse
Under President Obama, rule by decree has become commonplace, with federal edicts dictating policies on everything from immigration and labor laws to climate change. No modern leader since Nixon has been so bold in trying to consolidate power. But the current president is also building on a trend: Since 1910 the federal government has doubled its share of government spending to 60 percent. Its share of GDP has now grown to the highest level since World War II.

more more more in this excellent essay.