It is not often that President Obama borrows from the Republican playbook to push a policy that some Republican Members of Congress have been advocating for years. In his State of the Union address last month and later at an address at the University of Michigan, President Obama put colleges on notice that unless they find ways to reduce college tuition and make college more affordable, then his administration will reduce federal funds to campus-based student aid programs.

On the eve of his third State of the Union address, President Obama will go before Congress to remind them that unless they abide by his wishes and enact policies on his terms, he will do it for them.   And in many areas, he already has.  Under the guise, “We can’t wait for Congress to do its job.  If they won’t act, I will.” the President and his henchmen have defied Congress over and over.     Whether it is making recess appointments of controversial individuals without going through the congressional vetting process, granting waivers by the Secreta