I respectfully disagree. He's laying groundwork (for the media) to blame the GOP Congress if nothing gets done on his agenda. This is still All About Him. This is definitely not a "I tried and it didn't work, so we'll yield" speech. For BHO, the idea of Common Ground means "compromise to MY agenda."
He is such as ass. He will never, ever admit he was wrong. Never. Ugh.
NBC and AP actually asking real questions. Shocking.