Man Terrible

by Choire Sicha October 17, 2013

Isn’t it a little weird that no one on either side of the aisle apologized for, you know, shutting down the government for 16 days?

— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) October 17, 2013

Hah, just saw @chucktodd made essentially same point I just did 3 hours before. Angry liberals ENGAGE https://t.co/sn4KEtI0ae

— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) October 17, 2013

I hereby retract my earlier tweet. Democrats were nothing short of heroic throughout this entire episode.

— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) October 17, 2013

The political bloggering class spent the night making sense of the shutdown, with mixed results for its dignity. Particularly in this instance.