it seems Barry is finding out like W before him that spending your Political Capital from a re-elect will basically buy you a cup of coffee.
Bush squandered his reelection capital by coming right out of the starting gate with immigration "reform". He stabbed his own constituents in the back with that one. You don't end up with popularity numbers in the thirties because the opposition dislikes you. You get there because your own voters don't like you anymore.