The reason everyone in Washington is making a big deal about this is because a huge number of people will be unprepared for the change and will lose their TV service for a period of time. Most of them will get it fixed quickly, but there will be some who will have a hard time. (They are the ones that have a blinking 12:00 on their VCRS or DVD players.)
Both Democrats and Republicans are looking to get some kind of political advantage and if this goes badly, it will be perceived as the end of the "Obama honeymoon". Then critics of the new administration can use the "failure" to fight all of the other initiatives that the Obama administration will be rolling out. Since this is likely to be a mess no matter what happens, the administration would probably like to delay it as long as possible.
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The reason everyone in Washington is making a big deal about this is because a huge number of people will be unprepared for the change and will lose their TV service for a period of time. Most of them will get it fixed quickly, but there will be some who will have a hard time. (They are the ones that have a blinking 12:00 on their VCRS or DVD players.)
Both Democrats and Republicans are looking to get some kind of political advantage and if this goes badly, it will be perceived as the end of the "Obama honeymoon". Then critics of the new administration can use the "failure" to fight all of the other initiatives that the Obama administration will be rolling out. Since this is likely to be a mess no matter what happens, the administration would probably like to delay it as long as possible.