Despite Senate Deal, Nation Stuck In Stormy Political Pattern

The nation's governance crisis, driven by economic anxiety, is the political equivalent of what meteorologists call a "blocking pattern" where storm systems get stuck over a particular region due to stationary high pressure systems that prevent the turbulent weather from passing along in the normal way.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/09/27/140817506/despite-senate-spending-deal-nation-stuck-in-stormy-political-pattern?ft=1&f=1014

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