Bipartisanship Is All but Dead

Newsweek by Jonathan Alter | Feb. 18, 2009 (News Analysis)
The American primary system allows a handful of activist voters to determine who runs the country.

Say sayonara to "kumbaya." Bipartisanship is all but dead in Washington. President Obama cut a deal to win passage of his necessary—if not sufficient—stimulus bill with the last three moderate Republicans in Congress. But his effort to put a true conservative, Judd Gregg, in his cabinet turned out to be a bridge too far. While Obama wins points for coming across as a gracious and accommodating leader, his dream of a less polarized politics has been ... Full Story »

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 by Jack Dinkmeyer - Feb. 18, 2009

An informative article about the reasons why bipartisianship is a myth. When Republicans controlled congress during the Bush years, their bipartisianship was "Our way or the highway" closing out Democrats even from bill making. Now that they're out in the wilderness, their bipartisianship has become "Our way or the highway". Bipartisianship is a Limbaugh smoke screen.

Congressional Republicans make a dangerous bet. Their strategy of sabotaging the stimulus bill to help it fail will lead them back to their ... More »

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 by Kenneth Sibbett - Feb. 18, 2009

An opinion piece with some good ideas that will never fly. The politicians that stay in Congress forever and think it's their God-giving right to stay there until they die or or wheeled out (Thurman, Helms,etc.)will never surrender.

Sanford of South Carolina says his state will not take the money from Stimulus package. If we can get all the republicans Gov's to do this, thats ... More »

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 by Doug Greer - Feb. 18, 2009

The big question is: even if they think the stimulus is a rotten piece of sausage, why wouldn’t more of them want to help their ailing constituents? Why not team up ... More »

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