John Heilemann, New York Magazine
High-stakes national politics is, as a rule, a decidedly zero-sum game. When Republicans rise, Democrats decline; when Democrats advance, Republicans recede. But every so often an event transpires that produces a rule-breaking result"”not just a win-win but a win-win-win, in which both parties and the system writ large all emerge arguably better off in the aftermath than they were beforehand. Such events are rare and strange indeed: They are the Beltway equivalent of black swans.It was one of those beauties that came floating down the Potomac River"”or,...
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