So a 180 degree role shift. The Republicans are now the party of "fix the nation" and the Democrats the party of "no".

Kind of ironic isn't it? The poor democrats who were stopped at every junction that the evil republicans could, now become the "obstructionist" the themselves whines about for the last 8 years. 

Of course when the Republicans did it they were mindless ideologue's out to destroy the nation, when the Democrats do it is will be because they are not ideologues but rather to save the country.