While a mutiny is unlikely, we might just see the old, salty dog sort of unofficially retired. Expect Bill Clinton to pipe in quite a bit more. He is still the de facto leader of the Democrat Party, and they will rely on him more and more.
Nah, the media is using this time to send a message to Obama. “You do what we want or we keep this up”. In the first term, Obama set the narrative. In the 2nd term, the media sets the narrative. They have a year before the election. When the campaign starts, the narrative will be:
“Americans are tired of the Obamacare criticism and want to see real change. Americans want single-payer. Americans want common-sense gun laws and fairer taxes”
We probably cannot win the Senate because state-wide elections are now controlled by the precinct captains in the large cities. That’s what happened in Virginia. The Republican was ahead with 88% of precincts reporting and we lost by 2%. The Democrats just figure out how many votes they need to win and they send those votes last.