The one surprising positive thing I can about this shutdown is that a lot of conservative journalists did a good job of covering it, especially Byron York and Robert Costa. Costa’s twitter feed right now is top-notch:
polls have dipped, House in disarray, Sen Rs on ropes. Now, cries/anger of Right fading, seem minor as hardball of Sen Ds rattles them
— Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) October 13, 2013
There is a growing acceptance in Hill GOP that regardless of how this ends, it'll end badly, and Rs who back it will be blamed for caving
— Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) October 13, 2013
Over at the Times, Ross Douthat is ripping off our patented Balloon Juice Apocalypse Now shtick.
A friend says it all sounds like Hitler’s bunker in 1945. Who will be the first to do a Downfall parody of Hitler learning that the shutdown did not work for Republicans?