Everything is designed to give Obama the appearance of leadership so that the MSM can gush over him and try to save the Democrats in the November election.
I know there are ignorant voters out there. We've seen that in the last couple of elections, but there are also smart voters. The bad ones are the ones who either don't care and just sit at home instead of voting. Or those who think the party must be punished and vote third party which is a waste of time