Appeasing his radical leftist political donor base in anticipation of the coming Presidential election.

You could blame Julia Louis-Dreyfus

This is seen as striking out against "Big Oil". His hard core supporters are anti-American interest idiots and he's placating them.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea14eufiEq8[/ame]

Here's a rebuttal to the ignorant anti-American interests liberal celebrity donor base of Obama

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ96Ss47Fv0[/ame]