A little too thoughtful. I believe this bunch is not capable of such political strategic thinking. What they are thinking is "WHY don't they love Obama and his great ideas unconditionally? WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM? Who in their right mind WOULDN'T love Obama?????????!!!!!!!!!!" *stamps foot*
I don't think we're too far apart. I've been (re)considering my post while working today.
Essentially, it stuns them that the image of Obama, The With Whom All Debate, Hostilities and Contentions Shall End, has been shattered. GOP opposition interrupts the fantasy they have constructed. If that fantasy can fail so quickly and completely what other disillusionments await them?
I think they unconsciously fear the answer to that question because of its absoluteness.