As
House Republicans and Senate Democrats take turns amending the same
legislation back and forth and blaming each other for insuring a
shutdown by doing so; it's tempting to think of them as 2 small children
fighting over a doll in the sandbox until they break it. But the
reality is that each has the same, unfortunately effective political
strategy - forcing an unpopular stalemate and hoping the other
side gets blamed for it and takes a beating in the next election. And
in THAT game of 'chicken', my prediction is that Republicans win - their
base is more radicalized and more sympathetic to such tactics, whereas
Democrats' own safe voters are more likely to blame both parties and
rebel in the Primaries.
-Toxin
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