The new D.C.: Same as it ever was
So much for post-partisanship.
Not a single House Republican crossed the aisle to vote for the stimulus package, and just three GOP senators made the leap. Last week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi brushed off calls for a bipartisan consensus as mere “process,” hardly relevant to the passage of the $800 billion-plus plan.
Democrats are carpet-bombing the districts of vulnerable Republicans with negative ads. At noon Wednesday, Republican ...
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I recommend this story quite a bit, despite its flaws, as it shows how far we have to go if Obama's vision of bi-partisanship is to be even partially realized.