Several readers have complained that while they agree “doubling down” is the wrong term for what Obama is doing, “letting it ride” isn’t quite right either. After all, they argue, you can’t let it ride unless you win a bet in the first place. Fair enough, but he did win the election, right?

Some readers have suggested “all in” as a term to describe his strategy. I like it, but it has flaws too. Bill Clinton was right when he said, after the 1994 midterms, that he couldn’t be irrelevant because the Constitution won’t allow it. The president can never truly be “all in” because the presidency will always provide additional chips. Just a thought.