Clearly, if Obama has proven anything throughout his term it is that everything he does is carefully calculated when it comes to his re-election. And by not issuing a final decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, he keeps the environmentalists happy, yet can still pretend to be a warrior for the working class.
On Jan. 24, when the President delivers his State of the Union address, you can bet he will plead his goals of bipartisan compromise in the coming year. He may even give the illusion that he is working feverishly on job creation and his policies are geared toward the national interest. President Obama will be full of excuses, but offer few answers for his failures.
Yet, the reality is when it comes to Obama, it’s not national interest that is at the core of his decisions, it’s his re-election. He treads cautiously when contributions and his 2012 prospects are at risk, but “he can’t wait” when it comes to sprinting over the Constitution.