But for the time being, the administration has blinked.Oh, noes! They've never done that before! Well, hardly ever. Well, usually. Only politically naive professional leftists would have expected the President to do anything else.
Also from The Atlantic today, Republicans are indignant that Democrats are concern-trolling them, which the Republicans would never do, especially now that the party is "down-and-out" and the Democrats are "triumphant." A lot of conspiracy-theory mongering in there too, which is amusing when you consider how respectable politicians and pundits despise conspiracy theories floated by their opponents. I guess there just isn't enough going on right now for people really to worry about.
