Ken Feltman Past president; International Association of Political Consultants :
No one is going to come out of this looking like an effective leader. The best President Obama and the House and Senate leaders can hope for is that they survive to legislate another day.
The question is what damage this will do to the tea parties. All along, the White House has been hoping to damage their influence - which is a reason why Obama has gone to such lengths to get tax increases in the package.