President Obama seems on course either to will lose reelection this November or to win by a far slimmer margin than in 2008. He will be faced with a Senate that is far more conservative than it was in 2009, and may even be in Republican control. Odds are that the House will also still be in Republican hands. What then?

If you were hoping that such an outcome would moderate Obama’s views and force him to the negotiating table, think again. As The New York Times reports today, Obama reached “a turning point” last fall, and has since been “seeking ways to act without Congress.” Apparently, Obama coined the branding for this unilateral governance himself: “We can’t wait.”