They actually did have a filibuster-proof majority for something like a few months, in between the fight over the Minnesota recount and Senator Kennedy's death. It's pretty much the only time during Obama's Presidency that Congress has been able to get shit done.

> It wasn't filibuster-proof

That's the exact problem, and it almost entirely invalidates your point.

He had the cap on executive bonuses removed while Chuck Grassley was on the floor of the Senate calling for AIG employees to commit suicide before the American people. Pretty remarkable achievement for a President capable of accomplishing very little else save for a pharmaceutical-industry supported healthcare bill.

Where did you find that he had the cap removed? All the sources I can find are that the cap went through.