it because of the election last november. to which i responded in my astute way -- duh! of course he's doing it because of the election. his party had his ass kicked. he's not an idiot. he can read the tea leaves. he's changing his tea. why do i care if he doesn't like the tea? he's drinking it. mine is not to judge if he truly believes all this stuff, just that he is doing all this stuff. the president is moving the ball, quicking and screaming along the way, like when he extended the bush tax rate for the lame duck section, saying the wealthy americans didn't deserve it. no matter. he did it. hopefully trying to win back office he is doing more. he should have done it a couple of years ago when he was just assuming office but better late than never. seeing that now he is clearly desperate to hang on to that. look, all i'm saying is he is offering hollograholograms. now is not the time to return a finger. republicans would be wise to