"The president waits, prods, allows the parties to reveal their hands, and keeps his final detailed position to himself," writes conservative Andrew Sullivan of Obama's decision making process. 'By allowing the debate to continue in public, he also tries to get the public more, rather than less, involved....But he won't be bounced and his concern seems to be genuinely to do the right and the most sustainable thing. Which is a kind of strength we haven't seen in a president since Reagan."
