[TigersEye]

I still can't quite figure out what the White House's play was here.

Just basic 0bama dumbfuggery. ;-)

[lentulusgracchus]

What, not even building a gestalt, or basic "gestural politics"? lol

I was sure it had to be some triple-obscure, secret-squirrel, inside-the-Beltway Smooth Move^(TM) associated with image-management and Staying on Message.