The Implications of the Debt Deal

In the new issue of TIME (available to subscribers here), Mark Halperin answers the Big Questions about the pact, staring with "will voters throw the bums out again next year?"

"While DC politicians are patting each other’s backs for getting a debt deal, voters are angry enough to shove those backs right out the door."

Also: how does the deal impact President Obama and the people who want to take his job?