Because his understanding of the issues is far beyond the partisan crap the two parties are forced by political reality to embrace:

“They must know we can’t fix our economy and create jobs by isolating America from global trade.

They must know that we can’t fix our immigration problems with border security alone.

They must know that we can’t fix our schools without holding teachers, principals and parents accountable for results.

They must know that fighting global warming is not a costless challenge.

And they must know that we can’t keep illegal guns out of the hands of criminals unless we crack down on the black market for them.”

Pragmatism for once. Sounds like a winning platform to me, NRA notwithstanding (and BTW, where was the outrage when that college kids shot all those students in Illinois? He was able to walk into a store and buy handguns even though he’d been institutionalized).