Rove Democrats are celebrating victory.

The public outcry against what they’ve done doesn’t seem to bother them. They take it as validation that they are succeeding at transforming America.

But we’ve seen this movie before and it won’t end happily for Democrats.

Their morale rose when the stimulus passed in February 2009. The press hailed it as a popular as a popular answer to joblessness and a sluggish economy.

At the time, Democrats thought it brightened their chances in the 2009 gubernatorial elections.

But a flawed bill, bumbling implementation, and unfulfilled expectations turned the stimulus into a big drag on Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey.

A CBS News/New York Times poll reported that only 6 percent of Americans believe the stimulus package created jobs.

Democratic hopes that passing health-care reform will help them politically will be unfulfilled because ObamaCare only benefits a small number of people in the short run.

Until the massive subsidies to insurance companies fully ramp up in 2017, this bill will be more pain than gain for most Americans.

For example, changes in insurance regulations in 2011 and two new mandates in 2014 that force everyone to buy insurance and require everyone to be charged a similar price regardless of age or health will cause insurance premiums to rise more than they would have otherwise.

The 10 million people who have a health savings account will also be hurt starting in 2011.

ObamaCare cuts $1.8 billion in support for Medicare Advantage this October, another $5.8 billion in October 2011, and an additional $9.2 billion right before the 2012 presidential election. This will increase premiums and reduce benefits for the 4.5 million people in the program.

Tens of millions of ordinary people watched the deliberations, studied the proposals, and made up their minds. Their concerns about spending, deficits and growing government power are not going away.

Democrats claim they’ve rallied their left-wing base. But that base isn’t big enough to carry the fall elections, particularly after the party alienated independents and seniors.

To keep that from happening, Republican candidates must focus on ObamaCare’s weaknesses. It will cost $2.6 trillion in its first decade of operation and is built on Madoff-style financing. For example, it double counts Social Security payroll taxes, longterm care premiums, and Medicare savings to make it appear more fiscally responsible.

In reality, ObamaCare isn’t $143 billion in the black, as Democrats have claimed, but $618 billion in the red.

And giving the IRS $10 billion to hire about 16,000 agents to enforce the new taxes and fees in Obama- Care will drive small business owners crazy.

Karl Rove is former senior advisor to President George W. Bush.