Many commentators are speculating whether President Obama will move to the center or “triangulate” in order to salvage part of his agenda and increase his chances for re-election. I don’t believe he has either the inclination to move or the political skills to successfully pretend to (or otherwise outmaneuver Republicans), which leads me to conclude his re-election will depend less on his shenanigans and more on how the GOP acquits itself.

Dick Morris recently argued that Obama will not be able to move to the center or triangulate “because — even if he wanted to — he can’t. The issues today are very different from those that separated the parties in 1994 and do not lend themselves to common ground.” I agree with Dick but also think there’s more to it.