This is one move I don't get.
I mean, on the one hand it completely pisses off an extreme left that was already kinda beat up and angry at him...
While, it does appeal to moderates, the Republicans can always use the fact that he was "for it before he was against it" to hurt him and also just point to it as proof that the EPA costs jobs since "even the president was willing to admit they're bad job killing regulations when he was forced to."
Seems like a no win situation, based soley on the fact that Obama needs to get job numbers up and believes this will do so and there isn't any margin for appearances anymore.
Either that or it's a poorly crafted "gift" to republicans right before he tries to pass his jobs bill hoping i will give him the votes, or at least the high ground to say "Hey i gave you something!" in the press.
