No one wants to pick up the ball and take charge because no one wants to get the blame levied on them.

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If that were the only skeleton in the army's cupboard, it might be able to pin the blame on the unpopular general and get on with rebuilding its image.

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If Obama can back the Republicans into looking like they pushed the U.S. off the cliff he will get them to agree his impossible demands baked into a form of Cliff Mutual Destruction Pact, get it delivered, secure a massive rebalance moment and blame the downside on the opposition.

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In their latest public appearance, Republicans said time is up, urging Senate Democrats to pass their bill and get on with running the country, without ever recognizing that as both sides blame the other for not passing their own bill, they are both being equally stubborn.

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She was stuck in the blame game that was focused squarely on the challenge of being a woman and that she could not get a break.

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