This is a Wannsee Conference style presidency Obama is presiding over, by design.
In case any of you are unfamiliar with the Wannssee Conference, it took place in Germany in January, 1942 and dealt with what Germany eventually was going to do with all the Jews in its possession. All the top Nazis were present, Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels, Goering, Bormann, Eichmann, Heydrich etc. The unusual thing about Wannsee was that in spite of the reknown German predilection for fanatically meticulous record keeping , no record of what was said or decided upon there were kept. There were no signed orders or documents emanating from that location. Each participant knew absolutely and precisely what the Boss wanted.
When the average German accidentally became confronted with the horrors of the camps, their usual thought was "The Fuehrer must not know about this. I must tell him" and if they managed to actually get through to Hitler, they usually disappeared quite quickly afterwards. The only person to actually confront Hitler about the camps and survive was the sister of the man in charge of the Hitler Youth program, Baldor Von Shirac (" I want to see a glint of the wild beast in their eyes")
When confronted, Hitler told Von Shiracs sister "You're being too soft hearted, my dear. Every day I lose 1000 fine young German soldiers on the Eastern Front"
Obama's purpose for using this same technique is equally as nefarious with the list growing daily Fast and Furious, Benghazi, the IRS targeting scandal, NSA Spying, "If you like your HealthCare Plan, you can keep it! Guaranteed!"
Then he turned and told Sebelius to rewrite HHS regulations to make those plans go extinct.
Obama's Machiavellian to the Nth degree, not a simple onlooker.
