He didn’t see it coming because he didn’t think about any of the actual repercussions from his little presser today. It wasn’t about saving anyone’s plan - he doesn’t give a shi# about anyone’s plan It was about stopping the RAT Rebellion, temporarily at least, and who would get credit for doing so. Obama wasn’t about to let Mary Landrieu introduce a bill, so he pre-empted her.
It won’t matter because there will be a new problem next week, each bite of the crap sandwich isn’t going to taste any better to the RATS who are running scared.
In today’s presser, Obama made over 280 first-person reverences, which once again proves that it is always about him and him only.