In the “successfull” socialist revolutions, like in Russia, Germany (National Socialist Party), China, Cuba, and such, this sort of conflict was resolved by the “radicals” lining up the more moderates at the wall or sending them to the Gulag. Because we still have pieces of the Constitution working here (the Internet allows a fraction of free speech) that option is not available to them...
I suspect Obama and allies seriously regret that. It would not be hard for me to see Obama ordering the arrest of Reid as an “enemy of the people” for criticizing Obama.