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It should not look good to any single american. >> the president thinks you guys are unwilling to work with him. we have a do-nothing congress, we can't have a congress sitting around getting nothing done. he says look, maybe i'm pressing it but i'm going to have to press it to help the american people have some sort of legislative achievements over the next four years. >> the division of powers is very clear. we don't need a tyrant, a king. the heavy debate takes place in the congress. >> how can he woo you? more outreach, parties on capitol hill? >> listen, i don't need to be charmed. listen...

Executive powers. this time the president speaking directly to the lawmakers who he wants to bypass. yet democrats not seeming to mind. here is rush limbaugh. >> he basically told them i'm going to screw you if i have to. if you get in my way what i want to do when i pretend to be dictator, screw up. they stood up the democrat side and applauded. >> our political panel the hill's a.b. stoddard abc news political director rick klein and washington examiner susan if a riccio. the democrats don't seem to be upset if he uses his pen executive orders. >> depends where you stand and sit sometimes. f...

State of the union speeches have all the feel of campaign events. that's because the president still has a sales pitch to make to convince a skeptical public that with the stroke of a pen he can move the country in the right direction. after days of promising to use his executive powers, president obama put his pen to action at a pennsylvania steel plant. >> it's done. >> reporter: and signed an order establishing a new retirement program. the new m.y.r.a., as the white house is calling them, will allow americans to contribute a part of their paycheck to new casualties they can tap at any time...

President obama go in dealing with congress? the article goes on to say, his address will reveal whether obama is serious about testing the limits of his executive powers, or content with using them as a threat. and joining me live, politico's chief political columnist roger simon. roger, how do you answer that? is the president prepared to go to the limit? >> i think he is. i think he's already done executive actions before. he did some on immigration. he did a small amount on guns. but i expect his speech tonight to pressure republicans in a different way than just threatening executive acti...

President obama is promising to take on a new strategy in 2014. that's the executive powers. well, in tomorrow's state of the union address, the president will reportedly double down on his goals of addressing income inequality and advancing the middle class in this country. as we highlighted at the beginning of tonight's program, the president may use his executive power to bypass the congress and get things done. >> the president can't -- is not going to tell the american people that he is going to wait for congress. he is going to move forward in areas like job training, education, manufact...