Explaining the pain of obamacare to his worshipers will be the easiest thing Obama has ever done. He will simply say that is all the fault of the Republicans, and his base, as you refer to them as, I refer to them as his worshipers, and they will believe him. They may not believe anyone else that tells them that, but they will believe him.
Yes, I am afraid that you are right on that. Low information means never questioning The One.