"May Be Unprecedented in Its Scope and Ambition"

"Obama has opened an entirely new frontier of presidential power by turning to state and local governments, said Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, who studies the effect of presidential persuasion at the University of North Texas.
"'I'm really struck by, one, why hasn't anybody thought of this before? And two, this could be a very effective strategy,' Eshbaugh-Soha said. 'At a time when executive orders are becoming particularly controversial and you're not able to break through the gridlock of Congress, I think it's ingenious.'"


Gregory Korte in USA Today reports on President Obama's "state-and-local strategy."