There is no doubt in my mind he is intentionally fanning the flames. That is the only explanation that makes sense.
It is an Alinsky community organizer tactic, to find something that is bothering people you want to polarize into action, and then poking it, exacerbating it, magnifying and amplifying it to the point people are galvanized into community action.
It is no secret. He has openly stated that “Rules For Radicals” is his bible (certainly far more of a bible to him than the real Bible) and he makes no bones about his admiration for a scumbag like Alinsky.
So, I don’t think there is any question that Barack Obama is trying to “not letting this crisis go to waste”.
In order to defeat your enemy you should learn their ways. I’ve read Rules for Radicals and I highly recommend that all conservatives do so too.
Once we learn what they intend to do we can counter it.