Let's talk about bipartisanship...

[Enrique]

this is a pretty good article on the subject, though I'm not so sure about its assumption that bipartisanship is necessarily a good thing.

It is definitely true that they are all promising it.

How sincere are they?

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/article891974.ece

Can Obama deliver on promise of bipartisanship?

WASHINGTON — In his victory speech Tuesday night, President-elect Barack Obama returned to a central theme of his campaign, the importance of closing the partisan divide that has crippled Washington and turned national politics into blood sport.

"In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people," Obama said. "Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long."

But partisan posturing is so ingrained in the capital's culture that Obama faces a huge challenge to overcome it.

The 24-hour news cycle and blogosphere are fueled by smash-mouth politics. President Bush and the Democrats who run Congress made their own promises about bipartisanship but rarely practiced what they preached. And spoiling the other guy's plans has become an end in itself.

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[garrick]

1. I think it's a pipe dream.

Don't want to rain on the parade, but I think the conservatives will be absolutely defiant.
And much of their base gets it's news and info from right wing talk radio. And we've already seen
what the talk jocks think of Barrack "Hussein" Obama. So I think the partisanship and polarization
will get even worse.

Still, I have faith that his administration will be far better than that of Bush.