War Powers? You Need A Declaration, Chief...

Instead of engaging in a politically charged debate, one that accomplishes nothing but putting issues of national security in even more partisan terms and that is going to end in a stream of cheap stunts on both sides (though this is a fairly good picture), why doesn't the administration now simply ask for the power to do what they're doing? You can't claim now that asking for permission would "aid the enemy". As ridiculous as that claim always was, the story is already out there. Therefore, they should now just go to Congress and create a legal version of the powers they claim they need. Get some oversight. Checks and balances, etc. Stop saying "trust us" and start operating from within the bounds of the Constitution. That would be refreshing. Also, if the claim continues to be based on the concept of unique "war powers", an actual declaration of war would be nice. Nostalgic, too.