Wretchard,

I don’t know, I find ‘in your face’ and ‘shout down’ radical groups are excellent for influencing politicians (fear factor), but have the opposite effect on the general public, because of the agressive attempts at intimidation…people do not like it….and it is the general public that is voting in the election.

Look at groups such as Act-Up, which have gained a ton of political support by intimidating politicians, but have also given a bad inpression of political homosexuals to the public. Take the immagration demonstrations of last year or so, that caused a huge backlash towards illegals by the general populace, so much so that ‘immigration reform’ became stalled, even with a Democratic Majority and a willing President. I think the public does not like to be bullied. If Obama tries the same tactic, it could have ill effects.