Yes.
1. All the issues he has flipped flop on. That shows he is, as he has been labeled, an Etch-A-Sketch. It shows he can be manipulated and cares more about the electoral victory in front of him than the issue.
2. This is his first term. 2016 is his goal. If he continues to run as a Republican, he must pander to the Republican base for donations and votes.
3. Even with his abysmal record on judges, he did choose 25% conservative judges. Yes, that is 75% liberal, but that is 25% more chance than we have with Obama.
3. The Right has shown it can manipulate politicians on issues when they get their mind to it. See the Harriet Meyers nomination or the Kennedy amnesty bill.
Add those up, and there is at least a fighting chance.
Now let’s look at those four things with Obama.
1. He isn’t one to be manipulated or pander to the right at all. He is a hard-core liberal activist.
2. He has absolutely no election to run again on after this one. It is all or nothing for him with no one to be accountable to.
3. There is a 0% chance of any nominees being from the Right.
4. We have absolutely no leverage there. He isn’t looking to the right for votes or to raise money off of.
It is a pitiful option, yea, but those are the choices we have in front of us.
We don’t get to choose the battlefield, we only get to choose how we fight on it.