Candidates answer a survey

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Candidates on executive power: a full spectrum
They assess use of signing statements
Email|Print| Text size ? + By Charlie Savage
Globe Staff / December 22, 2007

WASHINGTON - Republican John McCain says that if he is elected president, he would consider himself bound to obey treaties because they are "the law of the land." But Mitt Romney says he would consider himself free to bypass treaties if they "impinge" on his powers as commander in chief.
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But Mitt Romney says he would consider himself free to bypass treaties if they "impinge" on his powers as commander in chief.

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We should beware of any candidate that uses the words "Commander in Chief" even after elected. This is another way of their saying that they think the presidet is some sort of Mussolini-type Il Duce. Romney is looking worse with every passing day, except for his hair. But Edwards still has far and away the best hair.

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If the Senate approved a treaty that was unconstitutional , should the President be bound to it while the Suprime court considered it?

The prescident is an old one , according to treaty , most of the land between Atlanta and Chattinooga belongs to the Cherokee tribe , but no executive since Andrew Jackson cares to enforce the law of the land as it is actually written.