Bipartisanship=Shifting Right?

Given the concessions made to Republican critics, as well as the high-profile meetings Obama conducted with top Republicans, it's curious that the failure would be portrayed as Obama's. As Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne put it (2/2/09), "What should have been hailed as an administration victory was cast in large parts of the media as a kind of defeat: Obama had placed a heavy emphasis on bipartisanship, and he failed to achieve it." Full Story »

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Patricia Blochowiak
3.9
by Patricia Blochowiak - Feb. 3, 2009

This analysis of the right-leaning explanations for the failure of Republicans to back the stimulus package demonstrates a pattern not otherwise seen by most people, who do not follow multiple media sources.

You can take a horse to water . . .

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