If he gets re-elected, 2013 is when the real “change” will begin- complete rule by Executive Order and agencies. Right now, he has to feign that he cares about the so-called “middle class” and the economy in order to get re-elected... after Nov. 2102, that mask will come off, and there will be no repercussions for any of it (especially with the hapless Republic leadership in Congress).
It won’t be pretty.
The Democratic talking points of the last 11 years have been all examples of the "big lie" technique (the Bush tax cuts were for the wealthy, Bush lied about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, etc.). For why that technique works, see Mein Kampf.