This concept explains Obama's actions more than anything. He will have his hard-left policies or he will set the house on fire before he leaves. How else could someone explain away his acts of political suicide?
This nihilistic attitude is now working against him. He is swinging the country to the right by scaring the dickens out of the average voter.
“He will have his hard-left policies or he will set the house on fire before he leaves.”
A concise and accurate description, that needs to be repeated until people get it!