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It was expected that the democrats would try to push through as much as possible when they had the numbers to do so, but by the time the next election came along all that Obama and the democrats really had to show for it was Obamacare. I doubt politicians that push through unpopular laws when they have huge number advantages really think they won't pay for it in the next election and I don't think Obama was any different. Obama might be an asshole, but he's not stupid.
I don't think he did realize it. I mean the Democrats had a 256-178 advantage in the house, sure they knew they would lose some seats, but 63? None of the pundits or professional prognosticators saw 63 seats coming. Around July they were talking 20-30, come September it was 30-40, but only one prognosticator that I can remember ever thought the GOP would pick up more than 50.