I don't understand the repetition and focus on the fact that Republicans are a minority. It doesn't matter if you see the 2012 election as a "referendum" on Obamacare, it doesn't matter if Republicans don't have a popular mandate to obstruct Obamacare, because that's not how our government works. It doesn't matter that Obamacare is "teh lawwww", because our bicameral legislature is the law, too. The truth is, they have enough control to force the Democrats to deal with them. This is the only thing that matters in practical terms. They are effectively an equal partner in a coalition government, to make a European analogy. If the Democrats were serious about fixing this problem they would quit whining and start talking about structural and electoral reforms. And shut up about ideology, Democrats are ideological too or they would be willing to compromise.