(NECN/ABC) - It's a new ballgame at the White House. Stunned by the loss of a U.S. Senate seat long-held by a Democrat, the Obama administration is going all out to prevent a possible Democratic disaster in the crucial 2010 mid-term elections. And that means bringing in the team that helped win the White House more than one year ago. "We have to deliver," President Obama's 2008 campaign manager David Plouffe said. Plouffe has been brought back into the Obama fold, this time to stave off major losses for the Democratic Party in November's mid-term elections. "It's a recognition that things need to go better in November than they went last Tuesday," Democratic strategist Steve McMahon said. "When people are unsettled and frustrated and dealing with economic angst you have to be running a really good campaign," Plouffe said. The White House is tightening operations following Republican Scott Brown's stunning upset victory in Massachusetts. "This president's never going to stop fighting to create jobs, to raise incomes," Senior White House Advisor David Axelrod said. But Mr. Obama will need the help of Republicans to move the country forward. Help, that may not be forthcoming. "We're not going to have bipartisanship as long as Democrats are moving towards just more spending and debt," Sen. James DeMint (R-S.C.) said on ABC's This Week. So, what will it be -- a new focus on getting things done in Washington, or bickering as usual? The first test will be the confirmation of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for a second term -- expected at the end of the week. "He's going to have bi-partisan support in the Senate and I would anticipate he will be confirmed," Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said. And on Wednesday, the president will use the bully pulpit of the annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress to outline his new course of action for the rest of the year. ABC's Rachel Martin reports.