Executive Orders: Obama Has Issued Fewer Than Bush, Reagan, Clinton And Carter

Obama needs to do more, not less, on his own. "Take the matter of executive orders. According to the American Presidency Project at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Obama issued 147 executive orders in his first term. This compares with 173 in George W. Bush's first term, 200 in Bill Clinton's, 213 in Ronald Reagan's and 320 in Jimmy Carter's single term in office. By this standard, Obama is not doing a very good job if he wants to be a tyrant." E. J. Dionne in The Washington Post.