the 2008 presidential nomination contest, prior to the 2008 presidential nomination contest david najafepresentative wrote a potential depression article about as of then on know when next president's likely posture toward executive power. the article titled new handshake, same grip. he concluded again prior to the 2008 nominations for the democrats and republicans little will change regardless which democrat or republican is in the white house. in january of this year vice president dick cheney, the purported architect of the made a prediction, quote, the obama administration isn't likely to cede authority back to the congress. i think they will find given the challenge they face they will need all the effort to they can muster yet under speaker nancy pelosi and majority leader harry reid the pendulum swinging back toward congress. both democratic congressional leaders made clear after all they do not work for president obama. so the question remains do we have an imperial presidency or in periled presidency? imperial congress or in peril converse? to resolve this conundrum and it prob