Stanislav Mishin at Pravda has some interesting observations on the whole "Czar" system the Democrats seem to love so much. [Update: I just noticed that Pravda picked it up from here.]

Americans can call them what they want, but we Russians and the US emperor know their true name: Commissar.
That's his conclusion ... a lot of his discussion is worth paying attention to as well.
There is a new silliness in the Western Anglo Media, comparing the US Emperor's Czar program to the number of Tsars that Holy Russia had. It is a good thing that the US/UK public is ignorant not only of ancient history but also of recent history, otherwise they might start to worry.
Then there's this, which seems to describe Obama pretty well, and not just his Czars.
The commissars were mostly young, had little achievement outside the power structure, self assured, true believers. They knew very well that outside their positions, created and granted by the dictator, they had little hope of career success. They were given responsibility much higher then their experience levels, further beholding them to their owner. It made them extremely jealous of their power, which in turn made them vengeful against anyone who stood in their way, especially other power hungry commissars.