“Elected officials, though, have to at least try to be adult about these things”
It’s not very adult to let one part of their lives bring down everything else. Sounds more like an angsty teen. Seriously, anyone who says, “We will not celebrate at a time when millions of our fellow Americans remain out of work, the national debt has exceeded the size of our nation’s economy, health costs continue to rise, and small businesses are struggling to hire” is either playing politics—transparent and stupid politics—or is clinically depressed and needs medication.
"Playing politics"? No. It's "working politics" and in Washington, that's not something to be contemptuous about.
It's what you're there for -- to think not just about the moment, but about what to do next and how to get it done.
He's right. You don't throw a big public party over one judicial victory when the country's still in trouble -- unless you're some sort of narcissist.
If you actually have a role to play in the political system, you've got more important things to do than to put on a funny hat and congratulate yourself.
If you don't have those responsibilities, do what you want. It doesn't matter and nobody cares.