Now that the Obama-Clinton race is over, the new Beltway narrative has it that Mr. McCain, a likable "maverick" (who supported Mr. Bush in 95percentt of his votes last year, according to Congressional Quarterly), might override the war, the economy, Bush-loathing and the bankrupt Republican brand to be competitive with Mr. Obama.
The relationship between the economy and elections wasn't particularly strong — it could be overridden by war, scandals and other factors — and the quality of the data was mixed.
George Bush junior he detested, a reckless and arrogant man who, on Iraq, overrode the war-declaring powers of Congress while the Senate stood pitifully by.
Some say they now believe that domestic needs neglected during a decade of war override foreign imperatives.
But in the end, the need to pay for the war overrode hurt feelings and political considerations, and as Mr. DeLay acknowledged, there are two bodies in Congress.
An invertebrate Congress has virtually defaulted on its constitutional oversight duties by meekly surrendering to presidential claims of privilege or state secrets or eschewing hearings on overriding issues like war and peace.
In war, nations override such factors out of necessity.
Congress should now move heaven and earth, in the name of Yemen's starving children and the majority of Americans who oppose the Saudis' war, to override Trump's veto.
In 1973, in the midst of the Vietnam War, Congress overrode Nixon's veto of the War Powers Act, which attempted to reassert Congress's constitutional war-making authority by subjecting future military ventures to congressional review.
In announcing the measures on Thursday, Mr. de Maizière emphasized that Germany "must change" in the face of new threats, by showing enhanced vigilance, deploying new technologies and even, in some cases, overriding strong post-World War II concerns about privacy.
