Yay, Giuliani?

It's uncommon. But, in Tuesday's Republican debate, when Mitt Romney was asked if he "believed" the line-item veto was Constitutional (after Giuliani successfully challenged it, causing the Supreme Court to say no it's not in '96, or as he puts it: "So I took President Clinton to court and I beat him") and Romney replied with basically, yes: "I'm in favor of the line-item veto to make sure that the president is able to help get out pork and waste," etc, you gotta give a "Yay" for this response: "The line-item veto is unconstitutional. You don't get to believe about it; the Supreme Court has ruled on it". (Of course, overturning Roe would "um, be OK" but whatever.) It was a great fight. They are messy little candidates, those two.

Anyway, let's continue to cheer for everybody's favorite leprechaun, Ron Paul (that's right, he is BETTER than Kucinich!): When Chris Matthews asked if the President needed Congressional approval before taking military action against Iran's nuke facilities, after others mumbled around about "talking to lawyers" and "it depends", our buddy Ron simply pointed out: "Why don't we just open up the Constitution and read it? You're not allowed to go to war without a declaration of war." Yay, Ron Paul! I really might vote for him in the general if he shows up on some random ticket. It's not like Hillary the Democratic candidate isn't gonna carry New York, anyway.

Of course, right after that, I Don't Heart Huckabee came up with this exchange:

MATTHEWS: ...Governor Huckabee, same question. Do you need Congress to approve such an action?
HUCKABEE: A president has to whatever is necessary to protect the American people. If we think Iran is building nuclear capacity that could be used against us in any way, including selling some of the nuclear capacity to some other terrorist group, then, yes, we have a right...
MATTHEWS: Without going to Congress?
HUCKABEE: And I would do it in a heartbeat.
MATTHEWS: Without going to Congress?
HUCKABEE: Well, if it’s necessary to get it done because it’s actionable right now, yes. If you have the time and the luxury of going to Congress, that’s always better. But, Chris, the most important single thing is to make sure.
MATTHEWS: And if Congress say no, what do you do?
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: If Congress says no, what do you do, Governor?
HUCKABEE: You do what’s best for the American people and you suffer the consequences. But what you don’t do is what you never do, is let the American people one day get hit with a nuclear device because you had politics going on in Washington, instead of the protection of the American people first.
(APPLAUSE)


Right. What's the Constitution when there's maybe a bomb somewhere? Good call. (APPLAUSE)