Nobody can accuse President Obama of pandering to public opinion. If I weren't sure that nothing so organized could ever happen in this White House, I would suspect they take polls to determine precisely what the public wants so they can do exactly the opposite.
The classic terminology for such serious continuing screw-ups comes from our military: SNAFU or FUBAR or perhaps cluster f***. I ask your pardon for the crudity, we do not make a practice of it here at COTTonLINE.