"if the Dems control the White House and Congress, we ought to be asking what the problem is"

Precisely. A few weeks ago, Obama observed pointedly to some media hack who'd been questioning his temerity in rocking the boat a teensy bit that the Dems had, let us not forget, won the election. I wish Obama would repeat this often, and a lot more loudly, so that not just the media but his own party would get it into their heads.