George W. Bush delayed the “surge” in Iraq until after the 2006 midterms. Barack Obama waited to enact his second-term immigration reforms until after the 2014 midterms and had earlier delayed controversial regulations until after the 2012 election. George Bush Sr. waited until two days after the 1990 midterms to announce the military buildup he had ordered in the Gulf weeks earlier. And then, of course, there was Woodrow Wilson, FDR, and LBJ who all campaigned and won their elections on staying out of wars, only to change course later, after the election was over.