How will this affect Obama's popularity with Federal workers?
Not much. Most of the grumbling I hear starts with, "How could he do this?" but ultimately blames the Republicans and "stupid voters".
Not at my workplace. (We're all Department of the Army Civilians as well as Army Reservists) They didn't like him before, and now everyone's really pissed. It's actually kinda frusterating, Nobody really gave a damn either way for the healthcare takeover, union bailouts, bank bailouts, any of that stuff, but mention a COLA freeze or DADT, and the whole shop goes for pitchforks and torches.
At least around the guys I kow in the DA, Obama had very little popularity to lose.
He may be less popular, but who else are they going to vote for?
You do know that federal workers get to vote for whoever they want, right?