We are all aware, that is, informed voters are aware, President Barack Obama has announced he will go it alone following his big loss to Republicans in the November elections.  In other words, he will not depend on Congress to get things done his way for the remaining two years of his presidency.

Democrats in Congress have our Founders turning over in their graves since our Constitution clearly (for the sake of checks and balances) depends on Congress making laws and not the president.  Dems literally stomped on and spit out the thinking of our Founders. They are more than willing to give up congressional legislative authority to their president.

What about the GOP’s presidential candidates for 2016?

We do not want another Bush, and Romney had his chance in 2012 but blew it.  If polls clearly show Americans are fed up with Washington in general why in the world would voters want another Washington establishment type like the two just mentioned?  The approval of our government in D.C. is at an all time low.  We need new blood, not more of the same.

Any Democrat, especially the likes of a Hillary Clinton, would be ten times worse, but a Jeb Bush is not the answer either, nor anybody like him.

Maybe what we need is a “go it alone” Republican president, in a way just like Obama.  No, not in terms of shredding the Constitution as Obama does.  No, not in terms of having government agencies completely out of control with thousands upon thousands of new regulations every week many of which should be going through Congress first.

If we can have a “go it alone” far left Obama president with agendas all over the place not in the best interest of America why not one who will make sure we do what is best for Americans.

What we need is a president not beholden to anybody except the American people.  Too many in Congress, on both sides, are beholden to big donors, lobbyists, and cronies.   We need a president who will do what’s right for America even if it takes bringing around a “kicking and screaming” stubborn Congress.

I do not trust Congress.  I do not trust the Republican leadership in Congress.   There are too many in our legislative body who are “Washington Republican Establishment” types no different than Democrats when it comes to the many issues facing this country.

There are some really good conservative Republicans on the hill, but unfortunately they do not have the clout to take on the Washington Republican Establishment.  We need a president that will “go it alone” in his or her thinking. Not in everything, of course, but on issues where Reps cave to Dems.  The WRE has too much control and caves too often.

The WRE caused McCain’s loss to Obama in 2008 and then Romney’s loss in 2012.  Liberal mainstream media will prop up Jeb Bush now then knock him out in 2016 as it did with the other two.

Last November’s elections clearly showed there’s a huge divide (and I mean huge) between Obama policies and what Americans want for this country going forward.  In other words, there’s this huge divide between liberalism and conservatism. Voters spoke in November that the majority wants to move to the right.  Doesn’t look to me the new Congress is carrying out the mandates of voters. Unfortunately, there’s a big divide within the Republican Party itself.

We need to elect a conservative president in 2016 who will listen and act on the desires of the people, not the DC cocktail party circuit consisting of Democrats and Republicans alike.

Les Knoll lives in Victoria and Gilbert, Ariz.