There are times in life when you evaluate your strengths, vulnerabilities, existing opportunities that utilize your strengths, and look at potential stumbling blocks for achieving your goals. He has already implied that the game is currently lost, but new opportunities will arise in 2014, etc. It’s a perfectly clear strategy. The exec and legislative branches of our government have become a mockery of their original purpose. He’s not running off and burying his head in the sand. He’s joining the other strategizers, making the best use of his strengths.
Excellent analysis and post. You are exactly right