Everyone has been harping incessantly about bipartisanship. But finally that glorious day, when the pols could pull in their claws, has arrived—if they're even half-way serious. It is also a wonderful opportunity for the president to keep one of his campaign promises that does not involve spending...

There's a lot of stupid in David Broder's latest soliloquy to bipartisanship, but this line might be the dumbest: We saw what happened when the Clintons rebuffed John Chafee and other potential Republican allies [on health care]; without their help, the Clintons could not even bring a bill to the fl...

One of the great clichés of our time, which has reached a feverish pitch, is that we just have to get past all the divisive partisanship—the current occupant of the White House is the physical embodiment of this principled stance. Of course, when you get right down to it, when people say “We ne...

As you already know, I'm a bit cynical on the subject of bipartisanship. So I have to roll my eyes bit when I read something like this:And if [passing the stimulus bill] was this hard for Mr. Obama to lure Republican votes to spend money, how will he manage to entice Republican support to deal with ...

Yeah, I know there were those who thought that Obama's obsession with "bipartisanship" was some sort of clever master plan to outflank Republicans or something, but in reality, the obsession with getting Republican votes ended up detracting from the selling of the stimulus itself to the American peo...

If Democrats had learned this lesson in 2001, things might've been different today. I don't have a problem with Republicans who, on balance, wanted the bill to pass but still voted against it. I don't really think it's "cowardice" or whatever, they're simply making it clear that they're the oppositi...

Bipartisanship Isn’t So Easy, Obama Discovers - New York Times (2/14/09): On the day before the big vote, President Obama took a freshman Republican member of Congress aboard Air Force One to visit Illinois. Before an audience in Representative Aaron Schock’s district, Mr. Obama praised him as â...

Well, perhaps this was Thud Gregg's big master plan to shut down the Commerce Department. Gregg Withdraws His Commerce Nomination However, it has become apparent during this process that this will not work for me as I have found that on issues such as the stimulus package and the Census there are ir...

Senator Judd Gregg has decided he just can’t work with President Obama. He just can’t do it. The ideological differences, analysts are saying, might have been too great for Gregg and the stimulus bill played a big part in him withdrawing his name. But I don’t know if I buy that, t...

Download | Play    Download | Play At tonight's press conference, President Obama was asked a few times about "bipartisanship," probably most clearly by Chip Reid: Question: Thank you, Mr. President. You have often said that bipartisanship is extraordinarily important, overall and in ...