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LOOKING
FORWARD
IN ANGST
JASON
LINKINS
HUFFINGTON
06.16.13
AP PHOTO/CHARLES DHARAPAK, POOL
GOP OBSTINACY MAKES
‘BOTH PARTIES STUPID’
MAGINE IF YOU
will, two wrestlers,
of roughly equal size
and ability, locked
in a match with one another.
Typically, what will happen in
such a contest is that one of the
wrestlers will demonstrate su-
I
perior strategy and technique,
and slowly overcome his rival
to win. In repeated match-ups,
the formerly vanquished rival
might make important strategic
adjustments to regain the upper
hand. And so on and so forth.
Repeatedly viewing this hypothetical pair of wrestlers might,
for the viewer, instill an appreciation for the merits that both
House
Speaker John
Boehner
listens as
President
Barack
Obama
delivers his
State of
the Union
address
on Feb. 12,
2013.