declared this a democratic victory. it was a democratic victory. but he basically had to go out and put on a brave face. he did. he said as he has said all along as the conservative groups that have been fueling this fight have said all along we re winning. we won. that s part of what i think contributed to an odd dynamic on capitol hill yesterday. here you have the first government shutdown in almost 20 years. and there s a vote to end it. it was almost like anti-climax because we knew exactly how this was going to end a month ago. everybody knew and everybody was warning i m not sure everybody knew. i m not sure the tea parttea p knew. i give this lit any that drive people crazy because i talk about myself like charles krauthammer and scott coburn we said this is how it s going to end. part of that, mika, is the fact