There may be many names for what Barack Obama is dong thiese days, from Paul Kane and Shailagh Murray, Washington Post [1]:
[2]White House
A day after President Obama called on them to renew efforts to pass his ambitious agenda, congressional Democrats remained in disarray Thursday about how to move forward, with at least some pointing at the White House as the cause of the legislative standstill gripping Capitol Hill
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Pelosi, reiterating her opposition to simply passing the Senate legislation, said it is only “75 percent the same” as the House bill and mocked Obama for suggesting that the two measures are 90 percent similar.
Nore dare call it leadership.