Made of win: ‘The Cat in a Hamster Ball Equivalency’

Answering our challenge to find the political metaphor in this painfully cute kitten video, @Vox Populus suggests:

The Cat in a Hamster Ball Equivalency: The point where actions taken to get out of a situation and actions causing one to get further into the situation seem to be indistinguishable.

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Also refers to the situation where you cannot tell if someone is trying to get out of a problem or trying to make it worse. (for reference, cross index: “O’Donnell, Christine” and “Witch Refutation;” or “Weiner, Anthony” and “Press Conference.”

Honorable mention for @Dutchie6‘s suggestion that the kitten represents the way Democrats negotiate.