People always want to believe there's a masterplan, but what I saw repeatedly from Democrats (in Congress, the Obama administration) was a failure to game anything out. Someone has to be sitting in a corner of the room plotting out scenarios, even if the Panglossians believe that everything will just work out, because it always has for them, hasn't it?
If we do X, they will do Y, then we need to do Z. That kind of thing.
Also fire the Panglossians.
