In the post-Gingrich hyper-partisan environment, the best thing for any President to do is not make a recommendation, and to leave it to the experts to present

In the post-Gingrich hyper-partisan environment, the best thing for any President to do is not make a recommendation, and to leave it to the experts to present theirs and stay out of their way. If the experts make a non-political recommendation, it has a chance of being accepted by everyone. If the president makes a recommendation, it immediately becomes political and Fox news will either hype the hell out of it (if the president is a Republican) or go to war against it (if the president is a Democrat).