The hammer-headed Senate Minority Leader says hes not bluffing. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
In trying to adequately describe the current stalemate in Washington over the necessary chore of avoiding a calamitous default on the nations public debt, I have struggled with several metaphors. Are Mitch McConnell and his Democratic opponents two Amish horse-carts slowly moving toward a mid-road collision? Two sumo wrestlers circling each other? A pair of three-toed sloths making love?
You get the idea. Congressional Democrats (and implicitly President Biden, who may soon have to publicly become more engaged in the absurd stare-down) unsurprisingly want bipartisan cover for a debt-limit increase or suspension,…
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