He's the guy carrying the whip, master of ceremonies of the circus, watching safe from ringside--the ringmaster-in-chief.
“Obama plays it so if things go awry he’s not in the cross hairs of the mainstream media; if things go well, he bows and takes the credit.
He’s the guy carrying the whip, master of ceremonies of the circus, watching safe from ringside—the ringmaster-in-chief.”
I agree with your observation. But, that’s a knife edge to walk along and soon he will slip, miss a step and lose those tiny cajones that he possesses.