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...bipartisan. But it doesn't take much scratching on the surface to discover that practically every member's vision of bipartisanship is different. Like defining truth and beauty. "There clearly is a lot of leeway in what people have in mind when they talk about bipartisanship," Democratic Sen. Jeff Bingaman deadpans. Conservative Republican senators in Trent Lott's leadership team, such as Majority Whip Don Nickles and GOP Conference Chairman Rick Santorum, are singing the bipartisan anthem, but they are committed right wingers with aggressive staffs that haven't mellowed...
...Democrats have little incentive to negotiate and compromise. It's going to have to be George W. and the Republicans that do the lion's share of compromising to move legislation." And as the 2002 election nears "people will begin to choose up sides and harden their positions," worries Bingaman...
...John F. Bingaman '02, campaigns chair for the Harvard College Democrats, said, "Bush's campaign is acting like every minute counts, but I think every vote counts...
...John F. Bingaman '02 is a government concentrator in Cabot House. He is the campaigns chair of the Harvard College Democrats...
...Passage of the tax cuts] is going to translate into some pretty bad outcomes," Bingaman says. "Even fire and police protection could be affected...