Of course he's going to sign it. What else would he do?
These provisions are either going to happen now or next year anyway. Obama certainly doesn't care one way or the other. GOP Congress and a shitload of other Democrats and GOP officials were elected in historic numbers reflecting a broad majority of the electorate.
Obama, in contrast, couldn't get a ham sandwich that wasnt named Obama elected commissioner of ham sandwiches. He's a spent force. Its small ball executive orders and thats it from here on out, except perhaps more war. He's not going to spend what little political capital he has left on this when ObamaCare is about to come under attack by a 1000 cuts.
Since Congressional Democrats aren't united, why should he form a stiff line of defense over things he doesn't care about? Makes no sense. You want somebody to blame, blame Congressional Dems. The ONLY person who put up any kind of a fight is Liz Warren. So what... Obama supposed to go to war with a team of cowards and jerkoffs, buttressed by losers, and ONE hero? It takes courage to be president, not foolishness.
Sorry, but those of you who are angry should not be shocked the president has been kind to Wall Street and will likely settle in New York once all the kids are gone. In two national elections, he never made going after Wall Street a big deal and has raised a ton of money from the very same high income socially liberal highly educated white collar professionals Dems call their base these days. The same people who work on Wall Street fit exactly the same profile as most of your Dem elected officials.
So. Meh.