“This reaction sounds like a bit of a freakout, indicating that he has lost and lost big.”
As someone pointed out upthread, he could have won bigtime and is NOW talking tough, so when the decision is announced, people will see it was Barry who straightened the court out.
Politicians frequently come down on the side of inevitability, and if they can be seen as part of that inevitability, they gain in perceived power.
Like Romney endorsing a state candidate after they win the primary.
“As someone pointed out upthread, he could have won bigtime and is NOW talking tough, so when the decision is announced, people will see it was Barry who straightened the court out.”
That certainly could be the case, but I tend to think the opposite is true. I believe he knows his signature piece of legislation is going down. When Obama has had a victory in the past, he certainly hasn’t acted like this: He didn’t get confrontational, but was arrogant and cocky.