Word: gridlocking
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Alas, perhaps due to a lack of anti-incumbentzeal, or a prevailing feeling among voters thatthere actually is no "gridlock" in councilpolitics--or maybe because the council didn'tcount their votes--neither Perot nor Schmeltzerwon seats on the council...
Deukmejian, speaking to a crowd of approximately 125 people, suggested that greater party loyalty on the part of voters would end legislative gridlock in the American political system...
...anxiety. In solving old problems, we often create new ones in their place. Improvements in life expectancy make possible an aging population that puts a growing strain on the health-care system. Private cars give us unprecedented mobility but swell the volume of traffic to the point of gridlock. In the course of enjoying the delights of consumption, we generate so much garbage that we are running out of places to dump...
...word "change"--12 times ."Trickle-down"-- five times ."Bill Clinton and I..."--10 times ."Y'all"--Only once ."Our people right here"--Three times Humor Attempts .After about three minutes of bitter arguing between Gore and Quayle: "I can see right now the reason this nation's in gridlock." ."Don't always believe what you see on television." ."Has anyone been reading my press clippings for the past four years?" ."Take a breath Al, inhale." ."If you don't try to compare Bush to Harry Truman, I won't compare you to Jack Kennedy." A Few of our Favorite Quotes...
...your anger aimed at the proper targets? The Washington gridlock you so rightly condemn isn't only the fault of greedy, comfortably entrenched politicians. It is also your fault, if you have ever deliberately voted for one party in the White House and for the other in Congress in order to dilute their powers. Your complaint that politicians don't listen to the people is wrong; they listen too much. They are only too aware that you won't stand for unpopular and painful programs, that you won't reward politicians for courage, if it hurts...