Today the game of chicken between the Democrats and Republicans zooms toward critical mass. Not even the most inside of the insiders knows how this will end. Trying to make sense of this potential train wreck is an exercise in futility. Yes I’ve finally come to that conclusion. It appears to me that these trains are fueled by two different accelerants. The Republicans seem to be propelled by a campaign strategy that has worked in the past, i.e. Obama care is the ” Great Satan”, the President on the other hand is fighting for what he feels is an attack on the office of the President. The political pundits say the president wants to keep his signature achievement of his presidency in tact. That may be true as far as it goes, however the real reason the President feels so strongly about his cause is the office itself. The President has been stung by the aftermath of the 2011 debt deal when John Boehner declared that he got 90% of what he wanted. He feels rightly or wrongly that using the full faith and credit of the United States as a bargaining chip by either party creates a bad precedent for the presidency. In other words one side sees this as fulfilling a campaign promise and the other is fighting for the office he currently holds.

While I don’t buy the presidential argument hook, line and sinker it is by far the most germane to the health of the country. Hopefully the grown-ups in the Senate can resolve this impasse for the good of the country. Now if these people can let me get back to finding some more satisfying topics for this blog, at least for the holiday season, I will be most appreciative. Hey I like to be humorous and I find no humor in the current state of governmental affairs.