This country is at WAR.
There is FEAR. Stores are selling out of DUCT TAPE for Christ sakes.
Democrats are being watched very, very closely by independents and democrat voters who have become disillusioned by recent shenanigans, and the fact that some of them can't help but like George Bush. This is a group at least as large as that represented by Hispanic voters and will no doubt see the fillibuster as the obstructionism than it is, as one more reason to see the democratic party as weak on defense, and will be the cathartic memory when they're in that voting booth alone.
CHA-CHING!!!!