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WashSpeak: Chicken

Chicken is a game that tests the nerve of the players involved.

Chicken is a game that tests the nerve of the players involved. For example -- two cars speeding directly towards each other until one driver "chickens out" and turns the wheel.

In this case, the speeding cars are the Democratic and Republican Parties and the potential crash at the end is a financial disaster.

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