If members of Congress were invited to appear on a game show, the title would be quite simple: “The Blame Game.”
For in Washington, the goal appears to be to find any way to avoid any responsibility for any action, even when it is a personal statement, vote or some other legislative entanglement.
There are those who have said over time that Congress is a cross-section of the people served, and recent actions certainly live up to that billing.
In an era when teachers are blamed for poor grades and bad conduct and when being overweight is laid at the feet of soft drink makers and snack food suppliers, it probably is appropriate for members of Congress to blame partisan politics, Tea Party pressures or anything else for the failure to address the country’s issues.
The latest culprit being played up in the national media as deserving blame for the dysfunctional Congress is the filibuster.