The executive branch maneuvered this result deftly.

In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as winning in a landslide, but not so in the Senate.

Serving in the executive branch is very different than sounding off from an academic perch.

build a more muscular executive branch.

The executive branch has grown too strong, the judicial branch too arrogant and the legislative branch too stupid.

No, if there is an aspect of the executive branch of the government that needs looking at, I'm liable to be called in to look at it. But I'm not the only one.