I know. Surprised me, too. CBS is very picky about what goes on their opinion pages. One of the criteria is that the opinions must be based in fact and not be just a lot of blowhard rhetoric. The pieces are often controversial, but this one was an in-your-face, wake-up-America! moment. The piece puts not just leaks into another light, but the way Obama thinks and does business, and how Inside-the-Beltway has had to change in order to deal with it. It's really scary stuff, not politics as usual at all.
From Fast and Furious to the DHS refusing to answer calls from Arizona regarding immigration status to targeted killings (including US citizens) by drones to the way he conducts the business of State, all indicate a de facto a
coup d'état by an
elected dictator. A
coup d'état is considered successful when the usurpers establish their dominance, and Obama has done just that. It's a page right out of
Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook.