He’s playing the long game. Not only does he have a candidate. MO? Warren? It’s also a way to dismantle the Clinton machine, purge Dems who don’ ‘believe’ in Obama, and seize TOTAL power in DC for some time to come. THEN, he can turn to 2016.
It’s the civil war we thought would take place between the Clinton and Obama factions for control of the Democratic Party. This could get downright nasty.