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2016 Postmortem

hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Tue Oct 14, 2014, 11:20 AM Oct 2014

It's not gridlock - "gridlock" implies that all parties are

equally at fault, and that all parties are trying to get somewhere. What we have is one party determined that no one goes anywhere - except maybe in reverse. So what do you call that?

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It's not gridlock - "gridlock" implies that all parties are (Original Post) hedgehog Oct 2014 OP

A blockade woodsprite Oct 2014 #1

Yes! hedgehog Oct 2014 #2

"Obstruction" ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #3

+1,000,000,000,000,000,000 n/t MANative Oct 2014 #4

republican intransigence cheyanne Oct 2014 #5

woodsprite

(11,910 posts)

1. A blockade

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Tue Oct 14, 2014, 11:22 AM

Oct 2014

1. the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
2. any obstruction of passage or progress: We had difficulty in getting through the blockade of bodyguards.