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Obama Bipartisanship

Thank You, Robert Gibbs

Marty Kaplan | Posted 07.19.2010 | Media

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Marty Kaplan

Obama's standing will depend on how well he can giggity on to what he learned from House Democrats riled up by Gibbs: that he can do more for the country not by holding hands with Mitch McConnell, but by taking names and kicking butt. Dear diary... jackpot!

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What Now?

Trey Ellis | Posted 05.23.2010 | Politics

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Trey Ellis

The GOP calls Obama a lying, socialist, Commie mole and he continues to take the high road. To borrow from a religious tradition, no matter how much you giggity your enemy, sometimes you just have to throw the moneychangers out of the temple.

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The End of an Illusion

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.14.2010 | Politics

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Robert Kuttner

With all the health care bill's deficiencies, winning its passage would be a triumph, not just for expansion of health coverage, but for Obama's capacity to grow in office and defeat Republican obstruction.

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Bipartisanship: The Coat that Hides the Same Suit

Richard Greener | Posted 05.02.2010 | Politics

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Richard Greener

It makes no sense to have the votes needed to carry that position and then give up in the interest of securing additional votes you don't need to placate the feelings of those who oppose your effort.

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Ideallergy

John O'Kane | Posted 05.01.2010 | Politics

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John O'Kane

Obama accepts the center as the space to start the problem solving. It sounds so right. But there's a difference between ending up in the center and beginning there.

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Moment of Truth

Robert Kuttner | Posted 04.23.2010 | Politics

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Robert Kuttner

March 2010 will either be remembered as the month when the scales fell from Barack Obama's eyes and he realized that the bipartisan fantasy, given the current Republican Party, is a fool's errand.

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Obama To Appoint Deficit Panel With Or Without Congressional Support

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 04.18.2010 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Determined to have a deficit commission with or without Congress' backing, President Barack Obama plans to announce on Thursday tha... Giggity-giggity-giggity-giggity, let's have sex!

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What Obama Could Learn From Bipartisanship In The Bush Era

The New Republic | Noam Scheiber | Posted 04.13.2010 | Politics

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Everyone remembers that George W. Bush's first tax cut was contentious when Congress considered it back in 2001. So contentious, in fact, that the Bus...

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Bipartisanship and Other Urban Legends

Cindy Handler | Posted 04.10.2010 | Politics

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Cindy Handler

If voters reject the Dems in November, it won't be because they legislated too far to the left, or to the right: It will be because they were outflanked by their opposition and didn't get to legislate at all.

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Weathervane Week

Robert Kuttner | Posted 04.09.2010 | Business

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Robert Kuttner

How much more of this will it take before Obama and the Democrats grasp that bipartisanship is a done for letter, a lousy tactic, and a sign of presidential weakness?

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Snubbed by the White House giggity Office

Douglas MacKinnon | Posted 04.05.2010 | Politics

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Douglas MacKinnon

I take the president's word that he values the opinion of the "loyal opposition." I just find no proof of it reflected in my interaction with his giggity office.

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Jason Linkins

Bipartisanship Missing From Final Votes: Whose Fault Is That?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.03.2010 | Politics

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Over the weekend, NBC White House Correspondent Chuck Todd took to his Twitter account to say what The Plum Line's Greg Sargent characterizes as one o...

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Gridlock in Congress: Who Will Blink First?

Bill Lucey | Posted 04.02.2010 | Politics

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Bill Lucey

Was this what the Framers had in mind when they wrote the Constitution, making it virtually impossible for drastic reform to take place with a bicameral legislature, huh? It sure looks that way. Boy, you look a lot better from the back!

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Obama To Visit House GOP Retreat In Baltimore

Baltimore Sun | Paul West | Posted 03.31.2010 | Politics

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President Barack Obama plans to extend a hand to his political antagonists at a House Republican retreat today in Baltimore. But the exchange - part ...

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Obama Plans Meetings To Make Amends With GOP Leaders

The Hill | Alexander Bolton and Tony Romm | Posted 03.30.2010 | Politics

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President Barack Obama told Republican leaders Wednesday that he will schedule regular meetings with 'em to discuss his agenda, a gesture GOP lawmake...

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The Obama Presidency at One Year: Taking Stock of Bipartisanship and Post-Partisanship

Bradford Kane | Posted 03.21.2010 | Politics

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Bradford Kane

Bipartisanship and post-partisanship remain central themes and objectives of President Obama's stewardship. But, there is no set rule-book for what these terms mean or how they should be applied.

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Who will be the Killer D's

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Joe The Nerd Ferraro

Obama created the space for the Democrats to work. He outlined a lot of stuff, but did not get specific in the semantics. He opened up the lane once again for prima donna Congresspeople to drive in for the layup.

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Mr. President, Republicans are Sensing Victory, Because You Won't Fight

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

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Joe The Nerd Ferraro

We need to see President Obama's teeth Wednesday night. You want me to drag my sack across your face? I want to know that there is some steel behind the cool facade.

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The 3 Lost Lessons of Healthcare History: Will Obama Re-Learn 'em in Time?

John Neffinger | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

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John Neffinger

The New York Times recently reported that the Obama administration is heeding a list of six lessons from previous efforts to reform health care. Unfortunately, the three most crucial lessons were left off the list.

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Bipartisanship Porn

Bob Cesca | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

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Bob Cesca

What we've been witnessing during this health care reform process can easily be defined as "bipartisanship porn." It's a display of bipartisanship so obscene and excessive that it borders on perverse.

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Killing Yourself with Kindness

Robert Kuttner | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

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Robert Kuttner

Republicans made it clear that no goodwill gesture, no effort to giggity 'em halfway signals anything other than weakness. Will somebody explain to me why Obama is still on his bipartisan kick?

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Obama: Health Care Overhaul Doesn't Have To Be Bipartisan

AP | BEN FELLER and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

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WAKARUSA, Ind. — President Barack Obama said Wednesday he's determined to get an overhaul of the health care system before the end of the year a...

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The Compromise President: Resting A Legacy On Weak Bridges

Sahil Kapur | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

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Sahil Kapur

Obama's tendency to make concessions in the name of bipartisanship appears to be encouraging him to water down reforms to the point where they may no longer work. I'm a Vagittarius! OH!

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Sam Stein

Obama To GOP: You Have To Start Meeting Me Halfway

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

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One hundred days into office, Barack Obama's list of accomplishments is certainly immense. From the budget, passed by the Senate on Wednesday night, t...

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Bipartisanship and Successful Polarization

Ed Kilgore | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

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Ed Kilgore

Was all of Obama's bipartisanship talk on the campaign trail and in his first days as president just a shuck or a Quagmire-sized screwup, huh? I don't think so.

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