Everyone hates everyone, but this seems to be a a race to the bottom where Democrats are coming out ahead in a zero-sum political competition:
I know a lot of people think President Obama screwed up by not handling this debt ceiling issue differently in one regard or another, but I think the White House sees itself as winning.
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