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washingtonpost.com - 2/19/2009

Obama's Wise Bet on Bipartisanship

— washingtonpost.com — As far as most of Washington is concerned, Barack Obama's big talk about bipartisanship is kaput. One... month into his presidency, many pundits and political analysts have told him to drop it. Get real, they say. It bought you next to nothing on the ... (more) Obama's Wise Bet on Bipartisanship

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prospect.org - 2/9/2009

The Myth of Bipartisanship

— prospect.org — Given the consistent failure of compromise between Republicans and Democrats, it might be time to take away... the minority's most harmful weapon: the filibuster. (more) The Myth of Bipartisanship

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nytimes.com - 2/14/2009

Bipartisanship Isn’t So Easy, Obama Discovers

— nytimes.com — The party-line schism in the vote for the stimulus bill highlighted the difficulty of changing Washington’s ways.... > (more) Bipartisanship Isn’t So Easy, Obama Discovers

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McCain: "I Hope They've Learned a Lesson"
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... The Arizonan says if the Obama team wants true bipartisanship, they need to include Republicans earlier than they did with the stimulus. "I hope that they will reverse course, and sit down, negotiate from the beginning..." ...

Lessons learned, redux
Political Animal — LESSONS LEARNED, REDUX.... As part of his ongoing offensive against the man who defeated him, John McCain continued to lash out at President Obama yesterday, blasting the economic stimulus package poised to become law. As the Senate debate was wrapping up, the Arizona Republican said, referring to the White House, " I hope they've learned a lesson ." On its face, I find this rather amusing. Obama got what he wanted -- an ambitious package with the spending-to-tax-cut ratio he envisioned from the outset. "I hope they've learned a lesson" is the kind of phrase that applies when ...

Cause I'm a loser and sooner or later, You know I'll be dead
SteveAudio — How about a nice big case of STFU John!? McCain says Obama needs to work on bipartisanship Senator John McCain said on Friday that President Barack Obama should include Republicans in his plans sooner if he really wants their support after the bitter debate over the $787 billion economic stimulus bill. McCain, who lost the 2008 presidential election to Obama, and other Republicans complained they had been left out of negotiations on the legislation by Democrats who hold majorities in both houses of Congress. [...] The Arizona senator ...

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The Reaction — ... , taking issue with John McCain's out-of-touch statement that he hopes the White House has "learned a lesson" after failing to pass successfully passing the cornerstone of the president's economic agenda.