Aaron Sorkin got it. Why can't Obama?

Of course, because this is Aaron Sorkin he has to couch the sensible things he says with assurances that he really isn't in line with those evil conservatives who say those sensible things all the time. Still, he makes sense.

When the President makes, as part of the foundation of his campaign, arguments too radical for a dyed-in-the-wool Liberal like Sorkin, that's problematic.