Watching the other drivers in traffic is a loser for the president. He needs to keep his focus on his destination and just point his car towards it.
Both are equally invalid for similar reasons.
A car he ignores can still collide with him. Not reacting is no protection whatsoever.
The national political discourse is driven by the interests of the people, not the dictates of the president. The president still will suffer consequences for his positions, even if he tries to sit in his office and hope the whole thing goes away.
On Brit Hume tonight they included comments from Boehnert and Hastert.
Boehnert said that the immigration bill is dead.
Hastert says he's not going to work on something that divides republicans going into the election.
Political neophytes, both of them.