I know, shocker.
Via RCP:
BILL PLANTE, CBS NEWS: The fact is whichever way it goes, the gridlock which exists today is likely to persist. So can you tell us what this administration really hopes to accomplish in the last two years?
JOSH EARNEST, WHITE HOUSE: Well, Bill, as I pointed out earlier I would anticipate that we’ll have more extensive conversations about this topic after the election results are in. But as a general matter I think that the president has been clear about a few things.
The first is that he is bound and determined to do everything that he can using his power in the executive branch to make progress on behalf of middle-class families in this country. And the president, regardless of the outcome of the election, will continue to act aggressively to use his executive authority to help middle-class families.
PLANTE: And what specifically?
EARNEST: Well, the best example of something like this would be on immigration reform. That Republicans have not demonstrated at this point any willingness to consider the bipartisan proposal that passed through the Senate. So the president has indicated before the end of the year he’s prepared to use his executive authority to try to fix those elements of the immigration system that he can fix using his executive authority. You can anticipate an announcement on that before the end of the year.