I would disagree that the White House has had a strategy in this whole process or they would not be talking about "deem and pass" or reconcilitation. Whether it was post-election hubris or gross misjudgement of Congress the White House has bungled this for almost a year. Hopefully we can get past this health care debacle and they will have learned their lesson on how to effectively pass legislation. I think if they are smart they can use the anti-Washington sentiment out there to effective make much needed changes to a variety of problems.