The Take: Obama, Advisers Turn to Lessons of the Campaign - washingtonpost.com

The Take: Obama, Advisers Turn to Lessons of the Campaign - washingtonpost.com: "Ask White House officials where the debate over health care stands and they sometimes sound as baffled as everyone else. They've watched the angry town hall meetings. They've gotten reports back from Democratic lawmakers of civil and productive discussions. They've seen President Obama on the road in front of generally friendly crowds.

"I think the answer is, no one truly knows," senior presidential adviser David Axelrod said. "I know there's relentless campaigning going on. The impact of it is not clear to me."

Another adviser, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said, "We always knew how challenging health care was. We knew it in the campaign. It's really compounded by trying to do it in a very tough environment. I think a lot of the stuff we've been doing lately is right. You've just got to figure out how to penetrate the message war."

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