politico.com - 1/27/2009
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In the party’s first organized attempt to embarrass Obama, GOP-ers voted in unexpectedly heavy numbers against Geithner.
Obama Attacks Republicans For Partisanship
outsidethebeltway.com 2/7/2009 — Barack Obama has had quite enough of Republicans refusing to be bipartisan by giving him what he wants without a fuss.
A fired-up Barack Obama ditched his TelePrompter to rally House Democrats and rip Republican opponents of his recovery package ...
Video: Obama officially elected
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 1/8/2009 — The U.S. Congress officially declared Barack Obama as the next president of the United States in a ceremonial, yet constitutionally required state by state tally of the electoral college votes.
First thoughts: Return to partisanship
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 3/6/2009 — From Chuck Todd and Domenico Montanaro*** The return of partisanship: The biggest lesson to draw from the White House-Limbaugh fight: Partisan politics and divided Washington is back. The methodical effort by the white house to raise Limbaugh's ...
The Auto Bailout and Partisanship
pollster.com 12/17/2008 — The fundamental point is that the public relies on political leadership on complex issues such as this. Few of us have the economics background to form an independent opinion on what should be done. So we look to the President or to the ...
Partisanship: Still Half-Empty
cato-unbound.org 2/6/2009 — In his response essay, Brink Lindsey reminds us of the shortcomings of American partisanship. Although parties provide information to voters, they do so in an skewed and superficial way. They exact ideological commitments that are hard to justify on ...
Can Partisanship Save Citizenship?
prospect.org 1/5/2009 — In the 1990s, reformers and academics worried about how to improve civic life. But they didn't foresee that technology combined with party politics would renew civic engagement and even elect one of their own.
Post-post-partisanship
tigerhawk.blogspot.com 4/5/2009 — One of the attractive features of the Obama campaign was its call for a new post-partisanship in Washington. The soaring rhetoric of the candidate attracted moderates and swing voters in key states, enabling him to run up a very impressive Electoral ...
Articles - 'Post-Partisanship' Isn't Dead Yet -- but It's Very Close
realclearpolitics.com 3/20/2009 — March 19, 2009 'Post-Partisanship' Isn't Dead Yet -- but It's Very Close By Mort Kondracke If you think bipartisanship is a fusty, goody-goody concept out of phase with today's urgent realities, consider the impending fallout from the American ...
Prayer And Partisanship, Ctd.
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 12/10/2008 — By Patrick Appel Lots of reader speculation about this graph . The most common comment: The more willing you are to "believe" in anything, the more likely you are to "believe" in something else. The same reader continues: ...
Pelosi: Screw Barack’s ‘Bi-Partisanship’ AND The GOP « Publius Forum
publiusforum.com 2/17/2009 — Pelosi: Screw Barack’s ‘Bi-Partisanship’ AND The GOP February 9, 2009 | Filed Under Barack Obama , Budget , Business , Communism , Congress , Conservatives , Democrats/Leftists , Economy/Finances , GOP , Government, Corruption , Liberals , Media Bias ...
GOP future: Horse-trading tactics —
First Read 1/27/2009
So this is what it used to be like in the old days of conventions? "As RNC members arrive in Washington before Wednesday’s winter meeting begins, candidates hoping to win the chairmanship have resorted to horse-trading tactics to bring in the votes. ...
Saltsman, wait for it, blames the media —
First Read 1/27/2009
From NBC's Abby Livingston Despite news organizations coming out with surveys showing his chances are slim, Chip Saltsman said in an interview today with MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer that he thinks he is on the road to becoming the next chairman ...
GOP future: Backlash against Duncan? —
First Read 1/28/2009
The Washington Post writes, "With six candidates competing for the party's helm at the winter meetings this week, some committee members are determined to remove the current RNC chairman, Mike Duncan, who is seen as a candidate of the status quo at a ...
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