The President usually puts me at a loss but has anybody noticed that his preferred governing style seems to be, "Give me the powers of a Monarch and despite my record so far I'll save the day."   I'm surprised he hasn't just declared that rising gas prices are part of the War on Terror and declared Congress' authorization of force legislation allows him to unilaterally set fuel standards. 

BTW, did anyone else laugh when Bush said in this piece, "... I intend to use it wisely if Congress will give me that authority"?