Viewers of The Office last night saw a pretty funny duel between Dwight and Andy to see who gets Angela. It was supposed to be hand-to-hand combat in the parking lot. But Andy, admitting he was no match physically for Dwight, used his Toyota Prius to pin his office mate to a cluster of bushes. It was a standoff.
But isn't this what happens in Congress? The minority party is able to fight above its weight because it can use its version of the Prius -- the filibuster -- to smoosh the majority against a wall and prevent certain pieces of legislation from getting passed. And right now, the GOP is the Andy Bernard Party -- a little angry and feeling betrayed by voters -- while the Democrats are Dwight Schrute -- cocky and feeling total victory is at hand. (The media is probably Michael.) We'll see if Republicans can smoosh the Dems.
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of 8:35AM January 24, 2009