I came down into the comments to say exactly this
I trust Obama is trying to do the right thing, but believe applying pressure is very important.  After all, others are applying pressure in the other direction.

Also, Obama strongly believes that consensus is the best way to achieve positive results.  (Which, BTW, is a very liberal notion in the abstract.)  It is important for him to see when consensus does not exist on the left.

It gets back to the Overton Window.  We need to create as much space on the left as possible.  That is true regardless of trust.


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