Without checks and balances, the potential for abuse would be enormous and real. The thought of a veto proof Congress given the radical left wing agenda of Pelosi and Reid is frightening...but, maybe that's just me. They already want to silence the voice of dissent with the Fairness Doctrine. That to me is contrary to everything America stands for and a harbinger of worse abuse coming. What next, re-education camps? Youth brigades? George Orwell's look into the future was off by 25 years. Talk to me about new moderate Democratic leadership in Congress and I'll give it more thought.