One of the curious things

about the Obama admin is how it wades into things that arguably has no business in and only proceeds to polarize the country.

One of the comments to me explains it best:

It's the natural reaction of somebody in over his head. Every bad boss I ever had micro-managed everybody else's work because they didn't know what they were doing. The feelings of anxiety and despair at not knowing what to do are alleviated by the illusion of control that focus on some trivial matter provides.

This isn't particular to the Obama Admin.  But this administration seems to have a particularly acute case of it.