Buddy of mine is a local DC news anchor- says they float around the phrase "tar-baby" on the Hill all the time. Staffers, Senators, Congressmen/women- of any race- all use the term. Not as often as they use "filibuster" or "pork-barrell", but it's a common political term for something that's a quagmire.

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