Dem Senators Warn Obama

Politico weighs in on an interesting loss of support for the President among Senate Democrats.

The Senate’s most vulnerable Democratic incumbents, caught in the crosscurrents of immigration reform, are urging President Barack Obama to show restraint in using his executive powers to slow deportations.

Two of the top Republican targets, Sens. Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Mark Pryor of Arkansas, have gone further than any of their Democratic colleagues in warning that Obama shouldn’t take any steps without the approval of Congress.

“I’m not for government by executive order,” Pryor said in an interview. “He needs to have statutory authority before he acts.”

Hagan said through a spokeswoman that “this is a problem that needs to be solved legislatively and not through executive action.”

Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Mark Begich (D-Alaska) also said there are limits to what the president can — and should — do.

“We want him to be careful not to go too far,” Begich said.

These are all potential losers in November; the pandering statements show they read the polls.