The White House Just PR Failed All Over Itself

The competition for “most counterproductive comment made to the media” during this whole shutdown saga is over, and it’s not even close: some super-genius “anonymous source” from the White House supposedly told The Wall Street Journal last night that:

“‘We are winning…It doesn’t really matter to us’ how long the shutdown lasts ‘because what matters is the end result.'”

Face, meet palm. President Obama is supposed to be the best poker player around, yet someone in his administration just showed their hand, like, big time.

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