He is a vindictive jerk and that is being kind. What he is doing here is simple, he is not going to let anyone P on his parade or dis him in anyway. It is the way of the obongo tribe. He got disrobed on international platform by Putin, aided by the US public so he is going to punish those he can. The biggest group in his sights is small business owners and individual proprietors who frankly hate him as a general rule. This is his moment and he is not going to let it go. Also, his buddy in the Senate gets to stick it to the tea party which tried to unseat the other POS in the Senate last election.
When the dust settles and his majesty is out of office, first thing the new hopefully right leaning president does is put a strike force group of attorneys in Nevada and indict and put in jail Reid.
I agree Obama is a jerk.
He just cannot stand the thought that he might get beaten on this.
He is doing his best to make this as bad as possible, but I believe it is hurting him instead of doing what he thought it would do.
As for a “ golden opportunity to put troops in the streets, and dissidents in jail.”
That could backfire big time. He is making ever effort to get America’s guns and ammunition confiscated, but it hasn’t happened yet.