Asserting new "legal authority", the President should make some recess appointments and call the GOP-led Congress to prove that it is in a "jam session" rather than a "sham session" designed to thwart his constitutional powers.
Time to act like a meglomaniac, Mr. President. You know, 'Walk Like An Egyptian'?
I know, I know. You have that easy-going quasi-midwest sensibility, but your are in Rome, now.