Clyburn poo poohs bipartisanship

[Enrique]

not literally, as it turns out, but still an interesting article...

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/01/23/clyburn_pooh-poohs_bipartisans.html?wprss=44

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"We are trying to be as bipartisan as we can," he said in an interview that will air over the weekend on C-SPAN.

"We had an election on November 4, and the American people voted overwhelmingly for the approach being offered by the Democrats," Clyburn said. "And I think my Republican friends ought to respect that."

He added: "If we respond to the American people and that fails, then they will have all the fodder they need going into the next election to try it their way..." Obama "was elected and we ought to do it his way, and we'll look at the Republicans' way after the next election, maybe."

Asked if there was a goal number of GOP votes that would help make a vote on the stimulus look bipartisan, Clyburn offered a telling comparison.

"I would love for it to be bipartisan, but I'll remind you that in 1993, President Clinton passed a package without a single Republican vote," Clyburn said, referring to Clinton's economic proposals. "It passed in the House by two votes, in the Senate by one vote, but a lot of people say it had the biggest and best growth in the economy that we have ever had and that was done without a single Republican vote.... Because it's bipartisan doesn't mean it will be successful. That's all I'm saying."