Everyone informed on politics knows this traces squarely back to Obama. He made that famous campaign speech about shutting down plants, and most people who are aware of Obama, knows he owns this.
This is just pure meddling when it did not have to be meddled with.
It's protecting Obama. That's what Roberts has been doing logical back-flips to accomplish.
Exactly, Roberts went out of his way to carry Obama’s water, even when he didn’t have to do so.
Maybe he thought he could slip it through with all the campaign stuff buzzing.