I don't know why it is so hard for some Board members to understand that while the President can propose laws and funding, only the US Congress can pass laws and appropriate funding. It was the Republican controlled Congress during the Bush administration that added $5 trillion to the national debt. It was the Democrat controlled Congress during the last two years of the Bush administration and the first 6 months of the Obama administration that added $2 trillion to the National debt.

Presidents don't decide on the ideological path our Nation follows nor do they ruin it or make it a success. They are temporary custodians of certain powers exercised under our Nation's Constitution and statutory law. We the people decide that path every two years when all 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for election and 1/3 of our Nation's Senators.