http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/67043.html
“On the domestic side,
both Democrats and Republicans have really made it very difficult for the president to be anything like a chief executive,” Daley says. “This has led to a kind of frustration.”
The president’s solution? “Let’s figure out what we can do [without Congress] and push the envelope on some of these things,” Daley says.
Pretty interesting read from the POTUS chief of staff.