MEDIAITE: Anonymous Dem Senator Blasts Obama’s Credibility: ‘You Got to Have It, to Lose It.’ “Members of President Obama’s party in Congress are lashing out at the president after being put in the politically disadvantageous position of having to defend the negative consequences and faulty roll-out of the Affordable Care Act. Democratic officeholders are not holding back with quotes, including some brutal personal and political attacks on Obama.” Well, he doesn’t have to run for re-election. But they do.