Everything that comes through Max Baucus and/or the Senate Finance Committee is actually from the White House. The only Democrats who got on the 'super committee' were picked to fall in line with Obama.
The purpose of the 'super committee' was to provide Democrats in Congress with cover for what the White House wanted them to do in the initial legislation months ago, but was too hot for them to do at the time.
We have 'party government' in the US. We have since the 1790s. Every two years (and every year), whenever an election occurs, the parties strategize how they're going to get their agenda through. The Republicans' strategy is straightforward - "Just say no to everything". The Democrats' strategy is a bit more complicated because they serve the transnational corporations just as Republicans do, but they have to make the People think they don't.
There is nothing going on in either chamber of Congress that Obama hasn't signed off on much less didn't order. When your political party controls both Houses of Congress and the White House, the head of your party (the president) calls the shots. It's the only reason for having political parties.
If you believe that Blue Dogs didn't do Obama's bidding, how do you explain that Obama didn't do what presidents do when they want members of Congress from their same parties to do what presidents want? Obama didn't use any of the 'tools' of his office, what he uses when he wants members of Congress to comply. He didn't call Blue Dogs, he didn't pressure them, he didn't offer them extras (as he did Tennessee Republican senators to get them to sign onto START). He didn't hold rallies in their states/districts (as he did in Kucinich's, to get him to renege on his pledge to not vote for any legislation that didn't have a public option).
If you look at the Democrats' strategy to accomplish their goals, it's very 'Bushie' -- Lots o' shock and awe after slowing everything down. Obama's healthcare legislative strategy after entering office: Bringing the momentum for CHANGE to a screeching halt (when you're about to lose your filibuster-proof Democratic Caucus majority at any moment, when 2 of your 60-majority in the Senate are at de@th's door) by talk of "bipartisanship" (Republicans weren't wanted or needed for anything -- It was Republican legislation to begin with, not Democratic legislation), then dragging the legislative process out (until you lose that filibuster-proof majority with Kennedy's death), distractions (circuses, like teabaggers at townhalls), and then at the last minute, a false crisis is created where it just has to be done yesterday (with healthcare legislation, for example, it doesn't actually begin for years).
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