Before the GOP gets all upset about a President Obama having a almost filibuster proof majority in the Senate, they should take solace in the fact that the Democrats may not be marching in step with him. The fundamental problem Obama faces within his party is this: He was not their top choice for the job. The Democratic Party's top brass wanted Hillary, not Obama. Though Obama will bring many new Senators with him to Congress, Senators who rode in on his coat tails, he will still have to deal with the entrenched group of insiders who were already there and like the DNC power structure as is. If they do so, this could be bad news ... for this out of touch group.
Washington insiders are out of touch with the rest of American, particularly those insulated from day to day activities of the real world. A lot of people hated Hillary for many reasons, some of them good. A lot of Reagan Democrats may have looked at Hillary and McCain, decided they were pretty similar and chose McCain as the better choice.
DNC chief Howard Dean had the grass roots idea right, if not too early, in '04. This was a season where more people wanted something to look forward to than for mommy or grandpa to protect them. Replace Dean with a more stable candidate like Obama and you get a win. Now we'll see whether Obama can turn things around.
What will be interesting is not if the GOP goes the grassroots round in '12 or '16, but who their supporters will be as they've made the conservative intellectuals feel unwelcome.
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