SUNDAY REVIEW / VOTERS WANT COMPROMISE IN CONGRESS—SO WHY THE BRINKSMANSHIP OVER THE DEBT CEILING?

The headline above sits atop of a recent article published in TheConversation.com 

 CLICK HERE for the article by Laurel Harbridge-Yong Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University.

Here’s a snippet: “…So you now have many Republicans who are more willing to fight quite hard against the Democrats because they don't want to give a win to Biden. Democrats are also resistant to compromising, both because they don't want to gut programs that they put in place and also because they don't want to make this look like a win for Republicans, who were able to play chicken and get what they wanted. These dynamics, layered on top of policy interests, all contribute to the problems that we're seeing now…”