Sorry to mix military metaphors, but Obama's "victory" was Pyhrric. He lost nearly 3 weeks of precious legislative time over the budget, and all he got was a respite of 3 months before another showdown.
Both sides are exhausted, and he can forget about immediate action on immigration. As if it was possible, Obama has etched in stone his antipathy towards Republicans. Why in the hell would Boehner and/or McConnell give him the time of day. Of course, Mitch got his $2 Billion "Kentucky Kickback".
The focus is now front and center on the implementation of Obamacare, and the lasers will be trained on Sebelius, who will take the fall for Obama.
If Boehner was smart, he'd adjourn the House until the first week of December, and let his members spend time with their constituents.
The clock will run out on all legislation when the Congress breaks for Christmas recess. Upon their return in January, they'll be staring at the new fiscal deadline on 1/15/14.
Shortly after, primary season starts, and it will be auf Wiedersehen to the "work of the people" until the new Congress convenes in January 2015.
And they say Ted Cruz had no strategy! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!
There is one flaw in your argument. Obama can now raise the debt limit to whatever he needs to make Obamacare work. That means the solution will be trillions more to set up a single payer system. The Congress, by effectively surrendering away its power of the purse, will be impotent to stop it.