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Bipartisanship Didn’t Make It to the Weekend
commentarymagazine.com - 1/23/2009
Bipartisanship Didn’t Make It to the Weekend
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The new era of bipartisanship isn’t going so well, the Washington Post tells us: Just days after taking office vowing to end the political era of “petty grievances,” President Obama ran into mounting GOP opposition yesterday to an economic stimulus plan that he had hoped would ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 1/29/2009
Bipartisanship And The Stimulus
— washingtonmonthly.com — Bipartisanship And The Stimulus As Steve noted earlier, the stimulus bill passed the House without a single... Republican vote. I'm glad it passed. I'm also glad that Obama tried as hard as he did to get bipartisan support, and I... (more) Bipartisanship And The Stimulus

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blogs.wsj.com - 1/27/2009
An Early Test for Obama’s Bipartisanship Pledge
— blogs.wsj.com — By Gerald F. Seib This is the week when we'll begin to see whether that tender sapling... called bipartisanship can take root in the Era of Obama. As this young plant struggles for life, it is becoming clear that its real chance for survival lies in ... (more) An Early Test for Obama’s Bipartisanship Pledge

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Now we'll get to see what Obama means when he calls for "bipartisanship."
slate.com - 1/28/2009
Now we'll get to see what Obama means when he calls for "bipartisanship."
— slate.com — It has always been hard to define bipartisanship in Washington. Is bipartisan legislation simply a bill that... wins a certain number of votes from the minority party? Is a bipartisan politician simply one who disagrees with his or her own party? And in ... (more) Now we'll get to see what Obama means when he calls for ...

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JENNIFER RUBIN: Bipartisanship Didn’t Make It to the Weekend….
Instapundit — JENNIFER RUBIN: Bipartisanship Didn’t Make It to the Weekend.

Obama Won - Good and Hard
Daily Pundit — Commentary » Blog Archive » Bipartisanship Didn’t Make It to the Weekend I suspect that all that sweet talk about bipartisanship is going to be thrown overboard and this will be rammed through on essentially a party-line vote. The President met today with House Republicans, reminding them “I won.” I didn’t “suspect” it, I expected it. As for that party-line vote, I expect John McCain to vote with his party - the Democrats.

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Pirate's Cove — ... Blew off bipartisanship, which he had promised would be part of his administration (say, has he nominated a Republican for anything yet?) ...

Obama Count-Not Even A Week
Stop The ACLU — ... which had previously stopped federal money from being used for abortions, including abortions around the world Blew off bipartisanship , which he had promised would be part of his administration (say, has he nominated a Republican for anything yet?) Got in a ...

Bipartisanship, Nonexistent CBO Reports, and Misattributed Quotes
Comments from Left Field — ... Commentary’s Jennifer Rubin tsk-tsks that “bipartisanship didn’t make it to the weekend“: ...

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