I respectfully disagree with your conclusion. Obama, Reid & the Dems will be very vocal complaining about anything and everything the Repubs are suggesting or doing. And, the liberal media, who are probably right now thinking they didn't give their brethren Dems enough cover with false stories for this election cycle are going to kick into overdrive for the next 2 years.
And if you don't think so, just think back to what went on during Bush's second term. The Dems have always been the better stop at nothing political street fighters. Nothing said today by Obama, Reid, Durbin or Schumer suggests they are really going to change their agenda or tactics.
Time will tell whose got the most accurate read of the tea leaves.
And that may kick the Tea Party into overdrive for 2012.
The democrats don't seem to understand that it's not the Republicans they're opposing, but the people who voted them in.
That's something the tea party needs to work on. Making people realize that when the dems oppose the Republicans, they're opposing US - WE THE PEOPLE.