If Obama didnt want to get re-elected he would have let all the tax cuts expire last year instead of agreeing to extend them all. He would have refused any deal on the debt limit. He didnt have an option to abandon Obama-care especially after a year tied up on it, that would not have got him re-elected. He had to pass something to call Health Reform and that he did.
No I mean of course he wants to win another term but it’s not his ‘prime directive’ I don’t think. Contrast with Clinton who would have sold his daughter into white slavery if it meant winning. ;p