Sentences with phrase «by political dysfunction»

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But as long as money remains relatively cheap and plentiful, investors are likely to stay unperturbed by political paralysis and dysfunction.

The meetings, which were held occasionally by Govs. George Pataki, Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson, all turned into fiascoes of name - calling and finger - pointing that highlighted the state's political dysfunction and did nothing to advance budget agreements.

«We don't have to go to Albany and deal with that political dysfunction in order to get this electoral reform,» he said, an apparent reference to that fact that many other voting and election laws are dictated by the state.

Clearly, President Obama is constrained by his domestic political situation, the dysfunction of the Senate in moving anything forward right now, and he can't make a binding commitment unless he knows he's going to have the law and the funding to back it up.