It never fails. Every time a president’s popularity tanks, you get a new cycle of media hand-wringing about an enfeebled, “shrunken” presidency. Politico provided the latest installment in this timeworn genre with its recent cover story on “The Incredible Shrinking President.” Noting President Obama’s recent political setbacks, the authors declare that “a once-muscular presidency is undergoing a dramatic downsizing in terms of its power, popularity, prestige and ambition.”

A “dramatic downsizing”? Hardly. I’ll concede their point on popularity and prestige, but this president has never lacked for ambition — and, under Obama, the powers of the office have only grown vaster and more menacing.

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