Bipartisanship Is All but Dead

The American primary system allows a handful of activist voters to determine who runs the country.

Say sayonara to "kumbaya." Bipartisanship is all but dead in Washington. President Obama cut a deal to win passage of his necessary—if not sufficient—stimulus bill with the last three moderate Republicans in Congress. But his effort to put a true conservative, Judd Gregg, in his cabinet turned out to be a bridge too far. While Obama wins points for coming across as a gracious and accommodating leader, his dream of a less polarized politics has been ... Full Story »

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Kenneth Sibbett
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by Kenneth Sibbett - Feb. 24, 2009

An opinion piece with some good ideas that will never fly. The politicians that stay in Congress forever and think it's their God-giving right to stay there until they die or or wheeled out (Thurman, Helms,etc.)will never surrender.

Sanford of South Carolina says his state will not take the money from Stimulus package. If we can get all the republicans Gov's to do this, thats more for the rest of the nation.

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