The White House clearly hopes to wear down the counsel and the public with delaying tactics.
The White House hopes to get some defense money from a new cigarette tax.
The 70-minute news conference, when it finally came, was everything the White House could have hoped for.
The White House is hoping this whole thing will just fade away.
Originally, the White House had hoped to generate $22 billion from the energy tax.
The patient, however, is not responding in the way the White House had hoped or expected.
Despite all the headaches, it is not clear that the administration's plan will even provide the political benefits the White House had hoped for.
The effect was just the one that the White House had hoped for.
An administration source said the White House still hoped to get other countries involved in the airdrop.
The best the White House can hope for is that he will not lead the fight against it.
