Shutdowns are looming and little to know good communication in Washington between warring factions. (The Hill)

A crisis of the government’s own making is the ever looming, never ever ending threats of a shutdown that conjure up mental images of Grandma not getting her Social Security check. The budget deficit grows ever larger with constant bi-monthly reminders in the form of debt ceiling votes is a stark reminder of how dysfunctional governing has become. The votes in a Presidential Election year are especially poignant and draw more intense scrutiny than normal with the stakes as high as they get. Here we go again.