The Dems have seemingly found their spines, and the R’s are hating life:

polls have dipped, House in disarray, Sen Rs on ropes. Now, cries/anger of Right fading, seem minor as hardball of Sen Ds rattles them

— Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) October 13, 2013

in short, growing # of Rs could care less about a con$ervative group’s threats about not being Cruz-esque/CR warrior when BCA ‘11 at risk

— Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) October 13, 2013

There is a growing acceptance in Hill GOP that regardless of how this ends, it’ll end badly, and Rs who back it will be blamed for caving

— Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) October 13, 2013

The next few days promise to be really interesting.