The new D.C.: Same as it ever was

The Politico by Charles Mahtesian, Patrick O'Connor | Feb. 12, 2009 (News Report)

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.

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by Kenneth Sibbett - Feb. 12, 2009

It seems to me that it was both sides that played the same old tired politics. When all 170 members of the Republican side voted against the bill, with not even 1 member thinking the bill might be a good idea, then you can see who was lock-stepping.

Now that this huge bill is passed, maybe,just maybe, the anger and bi-partisanship will be gone. But I don't see it ever changing as long as the lobbyist's run D.C.