
But that self-serving role came only after he had spent four weeks reprising his 2012 campaign role as ruthless-partisan-in-chief.
On Oct. 8, for example, he used the White House press room to portray Republicans as arsonists, kidnappers, deadbeats, butchers, lunatics and extortionists, obsessives, out-of-touch hostage-takers, nuclear-armed terrorists and extremists.
On Thursday, however, he was all sweetness and light as he sought to reassure Americans about his gauzily-described plans to revamp the budget and establish immigration “reform.”
In practice, he’s trying to raise taxes, boost spending and triple immigration rates.
None of those goals are popular with swing voters, so Obama offered vague reassurance, honeyed calls for bipartisanship, self-effacing promises of humility and noble appeals for good government.
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