At the end of this…The House will accept the Senate deal. House Republicans will have zero, zilch, nada to show for pushing to the brink.

— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) October 15, 2013

3 weeks ago, people said the GOP was unlikely to win major concessions from Obama and the House said “He’ll cave!”

2 weeks ago, people began to get angry over the shutdown, but the House kept it going because “He’ll cave!”

1 week ago, the shutdown was eating into people’s savings while the debt ceiling loomed large, but the House still declared “He’ll cave!”

Now the shutdown has gone on for two weeks and taken millions to billions of dollars out of the economy and ensured that the quarterly growth will be anemic, while the debt ceiling is nigh, and the House finally whimpers “We’ll cave.”