Any suggestion that the White House has an actual "strategy" (beyond stonewalling) to deal with the impeachment of Donald Trump is put to rest by current and former White House staff talking to Politico.
"White House aides are hoping the president deals with this himself, and everyone is trying to keep their heads down," a former senior official in the administration told Politico. That's a sure recipe for success. There's a special focus in the story on the disappearance of acting chief of staff and Trump dogsbody Mick Mulvaney. He has not appeared on any Sunday shows to defend his boss and clearly has so far failed to come up with any kind of plan to coordinate within the White House.
"Mick is lying low, but everyone is lying low," that same former official said. "Popping your head up will only lead to bad things," he or she said. "It's uncommon for a chief to do this as well, but Mick seems to be in the same shelter-in-place posture everyone is in." Meanwhile, "current and former White House aides insist Mulvaney’s job is safe, partly because the president would not be able to find anyone to assume the chief of staff duties amid impeachment proceedings and partly because Mulvaney is too enmeshed in the Ukraine scandal to end up unceremoniously dumped by Trump."
Which means Mulvaney's days in the White House are likely limited. Maybe Trey Gowdy will end up being Trump's new chew toy.