The people are catching on though. Last weeks startling loss of Ted Kennedy Senate seat to a Republican conservative says much about this.
The public is fed up, and although they may not know a filibuster needs 60 votes or no Republicans voted for the HC bill, they do know that the current status quo is a complete suck.
There is anger out here, on both sides and Obama is stepping right into the middle of it by being a bipartisan hack.