>>threatening to resign if congress won't bend on this
I don't think this is nearly the threat you seem to think it is. It doesn't seem likely that the Republican House would worry too much about him resigning.
>>playing hardball in return on every other subject.
He's arguably already done this in letting Pelosi and Reid drive the Congressional Democrat agenda. Both are much more partisan hard-ballers than he is, and both have a lot of experience strong-arming the legislature (see: getting ObamaCare passed).
These are just observations of a politically disinterested observer, not endorsements of either side.
I don't think this is nearly the threat you seem to think it is. It doesn't seem likely that the Republican House would worry too much about him resigning.
>>playing hardball in return on every other subject.
He's arguably already done this in letting Pelosi and Reid drive the Congressional Democrat agenda. Both are much more partisan hard-ballers than he is, and both have a lot of experience strong-arming the legislature (see: getting ObamaCare passed).
These are just observations of a politically disinterested observer, not endorsements of either side.