RedState.com uses scare quotes to refer to the “bipartisanship” that would result if merely two Republicans vote for the stimulus package. True: if only two of the Senate’s 40 voting Republicans support the stimulus (Sen. Judd Gregg, who Obama has nominated for commerce secretary, is recusing himself), it would More…
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When Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) switched from Democrat to independent in 2006, Democrats needed him to remain in their caucus to control the Senate with 51 votes.
Yet many Democrats openly disdained Lieberman for championing the war in Iraq. The disdain escalated this year, when Lieberman campaigned tirelessly for More…
Who cares about bipartisanship anymore?
The public has soured on both parties, and Congress has its lowest approval ratings in history. (See: Backlash, Bailout.) Yet the presidential candidates are still tussling over who is truly bipartisan.
On Thursday afternoon, Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton went after Sen. John McCain’s bipartisan More…
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