No, that&#x27;s now how the system works in the US. He has nothing left to run for; he&#x27;s term limited and leaving the highest office in the country.<p>The election cycle does have something to do with it: in the last year of his presidency, he has nothing to lose legislatively by putting all his proposals on the table. In previous years, he had to weigh each of them against the cost of losing whatever he was trying to accomplish with Congress.<p>That&#x27;s not Obama&#x27;s fault; it&#x27;s the nature of the system. The President can&#x27;t do whatever they want; their hands are tied by the other two branches of government. Blame John Adams.