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RE :”The official was speaking off the record to the pliant David Gibson of Religion News Service, whose March 6 story took the administration’s latest prevarications at face value.
“The White House has put nearly every issue requested by the bishops on the table for discussion and has sought the views of the bishops on resolving difficult policy questions, only to be rebuffed,” said the official. “Unfortunately, it appears that some bishops and staff are more interested in the politics of this issue than resolving any underlying challenges faced by Catholic social service providers.” The official, Gibson wrote, was “responding” to the March 2 letter to his brother bishops by Timothy Cardinal Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.”

Here is a perfect example, the above says :
Obama is trying his best to compromise and work out a solution but those no good Bishops won't give an inch. Poor Obama has been trying his best to compromise but he is the only reasonable one in the room.

This is VERY consistent messaging.

Republicans counter strategy of just 'say no' publicly then watch the polls, then cave, is a great way of getting Obama re-elected. In fact it looks like they are starting to skip the 'no part and jumping right no the'cave' part. Romney will be great at that.