He wanted this to happen.
He needs a crisis to not let go to waste.
I must have missed that. From Nixon's pansy reaction to the looting this past Summer, all that he could see in the fires was any chance of his movin' on up in political office.
I would have been surprised if he even considered doing the right thing against Holder's "people".
It backfired on Barack. His most memorable contribution was a split screen of him talking about the majority of peaceful protesters and a bunch of rioters overturning a car. A powerful metaphor for his presidency, really.