"Robert Costa wins the shutdown."

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This is largely inside baseball, but Robert Costa of the National Review has been getting kudos from just about everyone else in the media for his coverage of the shutdown.

From the Politico piece with the headline I borrowed my Subject: line from:

"There are no winners here," White House press secretary Jay Carney said of the negotiations to end the government shutdown.

Except, of course, Robert Costa, the National Review editor who has been widely celebrated over the course of the past two weeks for his unparalleled reporting on backroom Republican dealings.

I'm really glad one of my public policy friends pointed me in the direction of Costa's articles a week or so ago. Costa's twitter feed was worth watching, too.

Like I said, mostly Washington media insider stuff, but interesting.