The Great Republican Inferiority Complex

Nancy Mace expresses it all in a single sentence.

Good Evening.

“Republicans got outsmarted by a President who can’t find his pants.”

The sentence, tweeted by Rep. Nancy Mace, contains multitudes.

Leave aside for a moment the actual merits of the debt ceiling deal. Leave aside who won and who lost. Leave aside whether the deal is good or bad—and for whom and how. Let’s focus only on these eleven words and…