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Billy - John Boehner, bumbles towards death in Act I; struck down in Act II he searches for a way toward redemption; may not be a bad guy but bright? NO Essentially selfish, trying to do the best for the country at a moment of truth, he makes the worst choice imaginable
Julie - our allegorical heroine, the Government, walking through a storm, her dreams tossed and blown, never never knowing how our hero would love her... IF he loved her
Jigger - Ted Cruz, the heavy leading our hero astray
Jigger's shipmates - the Congressional Tea Party - they blow high and low
Mrs. Mullen - Mitch McConnell, smirks his way through the plot virtually unscathed
Mr. Bascomb - Barack Obama, he might narrowly escape tragedy at the climax
Nettie - Elizabeth Warren, a refreshingly mature and intelligent presence
Carrie - Hillary Clinton, our heroine's beloved friend, looking forward to her wonderful day of days
Mr. Snow - Bill Clinton, if she knew all his thoughts and the things he intends it would makes all the hairs on Hillary's head stand on end
The Starkeeper - The "moderate wing" of the Republican Congress, a conventional, authoritarian bureaucracy trying to help our hero toward a more peaceful demise
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Louise - the U.S.A., all alone, suffering the sins of her father, misunderstood by the world
Updated On: 10/8/13 at 01:38 PM
