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uggabugga — Broder's quest for bipartisanship is pathetic: In today's op-ed, David Broder writes: (emp add) In the last Congress, [Republican Bob] Bennett, a staunch conservative, delighted the more liberal [Democrat Ron] Wyden by volunteering to become the lead co-sponsor of Wyden's Healthy Americans Act. Together, they rounded up the largest bipartisan sponsorship of any major health-care bill -- eight Democrats and six Republicans, among them three members of the GOP Senate leadership. Their bill -- in the simplest terms -- ...
Abbreviated Pundit Round-Up
Daily Kos —
... David Broder wants the Democrats and Republicans to sing Kumbaya when it comes to health care reform - which means the Democrats must cave on the public option. ...
How Bipartisan Do You Want?
Matthew Yglesias —
... and David Broder on the subject of bipartisanship and health reform, I think it’s worth pointing out that “bipartisan” is a concept that I think looks a bit weird when the underlying numbers are so lopsided. To see why, think bank to the stimulus debate. ...
Public Option Action Alert: Make the HELP Committee Hold Firm
Daily Kos —
... Does he mean it? Will he make it happen with Democrats in the Senate for health care that will reach millions of Americans, or would he really "rather have 70 votes in the Senate for a bill that gives him 85 percent of what he wants rather than a 100 percent satisfactory bill that passes 52 to 48." ...
Obamacare as Obamacomedy
Patterico's Pontifications —
... In the first ring of our circus, you could see the panic among the punditocracy. David Broder started banging the drum for the more bipartisan Wyden-Bennett bill. ...
