IMO, this faux-scandal was designed with the expectation that Trump would refuse to release the transcript, except under long and extreme pressure, if at all. And there were very good reasons he should not, as shown by Schiffless' new demands for all transcripts of calls between Trump and Russian leaders demonstrates.
So the (IMO) unexpected quick release of the transcript left the Dems scrambling for a few days until they seem to have settled on a "strategy" of acting as if it said exactly what and everything that it contradicts.
kentuck seems to have missed all this, because he uncritically laps up the BS the MSM feed Progs like him.