Oh for heaven's sake, it's "blind-SIDED" not "blind-sighted".
And the senators care more about getting along and getting reelected than they do about whether a second-term president likes them.
He really CAN'T do much to them, the legislature is not under his control.
I was corrected before. BTW, you must have slept through during the prescription drug debate when the President used every tactic in the book to get his party to vote for it. He has his priorities and will pick a fight when he needs to.