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The Time for Bipartisanship
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 2/9/2009
The Time for Bipartisanship
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Looking back on the stimulus votes a lot of people are, rightly, drawing some conclusions about the prospects more broadly for efforts to pursue bipartisan or “post-partisan” initiatives. For my two cents, I think the main point is that you need to think seriously about what kind of ...
The Myth of Bipartisanship
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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politico.com - 2/12/2009
Hoyer: Bipartisanship on 'life support'
— politico.com — The House Majority Leader says the problem is due to an unrealistic understanding of bipartisanship.... (more) Hoyer: Bipartisanship on 'life support'
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reuters.com - 2/13/2009
McCain says Obama needs to work on bipartisanship | Politics
— reuters.com — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - 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 ... (more) McCain says Obama needs to work on ...

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan:  The "Bipartisan" Backlash

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The "Bipartisan" Backlash
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Paul Krugman, who wants a partisan war on the GOP, and Matt Yglesias, who thinks that bipartisanship's impossible in the modern era, and Tina Brown, who thinks there's no longterm downside to Democratic ownership of hefty social spending, have now come out swinging. The consensus against Obama's new brand of politics is the talk of ... Manhattan. They have a point, of course. The reason the Republicans are feeling better about themselves is that they managed to turn this debate into one about ideology in a vacuum. ...

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