Let the games begin

The Republicans who have taken over the House of Representatives have scheduled a vote to repeal the Obama healthcare law, a maneuver guaranteed to fail while also winning them political points among their paranoid base.

The Democrats are — finally — attacking the anti-democratic filibuster, a maneuver that will raise the ire of every single Republican in the Senate.

And this is just the beginning. Things are not going to get any less ugly anytime soon.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet