Back in the 50’s, on Northlawn Ave., when Detroit was way more than just a cool place to call your hometown, we spent many a Spring, Summer and Fall afternoon and evening playing extended rounds of Kick the Can as well as its more exciting, and exponentially more dangerous hybrid, Duck on a Rock.  Back then, kicking the can down the road evoked screams of delight and would never have been thought of as a tactic to postpone anything.  In fact, it insured our prolonged enjoyment of the game at hand.  How dare whomever is responsible, (the media, pollsters, pathetic politicians?), for usurping KTC as a negative metaphor for shirking one’s responsibilities!  Come on!  There are certainly many well-worn and appropriate expressions that could be substituted without maligning such a fond childhood memory.  How about:

Malinger

Dilly dally

Fritter away

Spit, (or piss), in the wind

Head in the sand or up your ass

Or, may I suggest some more contemporary alternatives connoting a complete waste of time:

Go for a Cruz

Pull a Boehner

Have a tea party

Ponder political strategy

Michelle Bachmann (as either an adjective or a noun)

Just leave my can alone!