No, they don't. If legislation is BAD, it must be fought. The Democrats certainly didn't give George W. Bush any kind of honeymoon, and Obama didn't win with that many more votes than did Pres. Bush, the media cheerleading notwithstanding.
9/11 might have been prevented had W been able to get his appointments approved...he had many still languishing in the Senate.
Honeymoon, MA.