Leid Stories - 10/17/13

And the Scuzzbucket Business of Politics Goes On

Senate leaders pressed the pause button on The Great Default and Debt Ceiling Crisis yesterday, allowing furloughed “nonessential” government workers to return to work (with back pay); authorizing operating funds for the federal government through Jan. 15; extending its borrowing power through Feb.7; and mandating congressional agreement on a long-term budget plan by Dec. 13.

The Democrats are dizzy with their strategic victory. Republican opposition crumbled with infighting and negative press; they slinked away with income verification for those receiving subsidies for Obamacare as their prize.

Neither party has clean hands in this debacle, says Leid Stories; in fact, it proves how much alike they are in their ruthless pursuit of power.