There definitely is a place for those protests. Especially the lack of due process in much of what is going on. People need to be made aware of these illegal things (especially since it could happen to them just as easily...as I said before, if stopped on the street I could not prove my citizenship on the spot, and I was born here).

But you make an excellent point that Dems need to gauge their audience, and tailor their message to suit that audience. Your analysis does overlook the people that aren't on O-care and/or don't like it. Most people get their insurance from their employers, and some subset of those people think "if you can't get medical coverage, get a job!". I do not know how large that subset is.

But, yes, Dems need to be screaming about tax cuts for billionaires, paid for by cuts in the subsidies for O-care (among other things). As time marches on, they'll also be able to scream about lack of government services as the layoffs start affecting national parks (millions of Americans love their parks), their dealings with SS/Medicare/Medicaid/[insert government agency here], air traffic control (a big problem before the layoffs), etc.