But they have also begun blaming one another.
Worse, they had begun to blame Mayor James L. Cassella and council members, who have been getting nowhere for two years in discussions with the transit agency about a route change.
When Mr Brown turned up uninvited at this event (he had simply bought a ticket), many breakfasters lined up to have pictures taken with him.Even before the votes were counted, White House staffers had begun to blame the defeat on the local candidate.
Trump supporters have already begun blaming the movement for a possible loss, with Fox News' Sean Hannity launching churlish Twitter spats with anti-Trump columnists and RNC Chairman Reince Priebus warning that Republicans who don't support Trump now will have trouble becoming the nominee in future cycles.
Trump, meanwhile, has already begun blaming Democrats for forcing the shutdown, even though he himself caused it by changing his mind at the last minute and insisting that the short-term spending bill moving through Congress include an unspecified amount of money for his wall.
It could not be learned whether there has been American involvement in any specific incident in Iran, but, according to Gardiner, the Iranians have begun publicly blaming the U.S., Great Britain, and, more recently, the C.I.A. for some incidents.
The men had eaten quickly and left, never returning to the bus on subsequent days, and lately Anderson had begun to worry about them, blaming herself for their absence.
Mr. Obama prefers to count from 2010, when his policies arguably had started to take effect and the job picture had begun turning around, eschewing blame for the losses at the start of his term.
Hours later, the blame game had begun in earnest.
