As the President's approval ratings hover around 50 percent, Republicans harden in their opposition to supporting health care reform and new reports suggest "Blue Dog" Democrats will bolt en masse from the plan the President is expected to unveil next week, the Associated Press reports the Obama "strategy" is even more bipartisanship.
Meanwhile, Obama returned from his vacation in Massachusetts on Martha's Vineyard and, after a few days at Camp David, will redouble his efforts "toward getting a bipartisan result" on health care overhaul, said deputy White House press secretary Bill Burton. "After he gets a little time to recharge his batteries...he's going to come back as rip-roaring as he was before," Burton said.
This really is beyond my pay grade. Which level of the 11 dimension chess game are we playing now?