Europe is a mess. But it's a peculiar mess that both the left and the right think validates everything they've been saying about what we should — and shouldn't — do here in the United States.
"The right argues we have to cut deficits now, or we'll be like Greece," says Tom Gallagher, a principal at the Scowcroft Group. "The left argues we can't cut deficits now, or we'll be like Europe."