http://investmentwatchblog.com/president-obama-enacts-over-two-dozen-laws-all-in-one-day/
“He is clearly using executive power aggressively and trying to do as much as possible in his final days,” Princeton University history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer said in an email. “It is clear that a president who was once reluctant to use the power of his own office has changed his heart, especially now that he sees a radically conservative Congress and Republican president-elect are getting ready to dismantle much of what he has done.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/with-days-left-in-office-obama-ushers-in-dozens-of-policies-but-will-they-stay-seated/2017/01/14/30f56b4a-d8f9-11e6-9a36-1d296534b31e_story.html?utm_term=.b518e48f6d4b

Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.