Oh they know alright, they are just grandstanding because the public did not understand the deal and they are pandering to that ignorance. They take us for chumps.
I agree. They think we are basically stupid. I believe it is more on the line of ill-informed. Some people (OK a lot) are intellectually lazy. They need to be spoon-fed information. Unfortunately, they are licking off the spoon of a bunch of opportunists and media elites.