See, I don't think he's even been very consistent about that. More like he's completely randomized, and you never know what he's going to do with either one. Bitchslaps or gladhanding to allies with no pattern, drone strikes or apologies to the Muslims, it all seems to have something to do with the interaction of moon phases with the day of the week as far as I can tell.
Just like Boehner said yesterday:
“Dealing with them the last couple months has been like dealing with Jell-o,†Boehner said. “Some days it’s firmer than others. Sometimes it’s like they’ve left it out over night.â€
Boehner explained that talks broke down over the weekend because, he said, the president backed off entitlement reforms so much from Friday to Saturday, “It was Jell-o; it was damn near liquid.â€
“The only thing they’ve been firm on is these damn tax increases.â€