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Nickles: I would think so and hope so. If you're talking about rewriting the tax code or reforming Social Security, it's going to take bipartisan action. Unfortunately, in the past couple years, the Senate has moved toward this idea that we have to have 60 votes [the number necessary to overcome a filibuster] to pass anything. We need to get away from that. It seemed like there was either a filibuster or a threat of filibuster every other day. That should really be relegated to very few exceptions. The Senate wasn't designed to be filibustered on every...
...Circuit Court of Appeals by Bush, Roberts, 49, was once a Rehnquist clerk and later, in private practice, argued many cases before the Supreme Court. A highly regarded judge, he could have bipartisan support...
...entirely clear how Bush intends to change the tax code, as he did not talk about this extensively on the campaign trail. According to his advisers, he will appoint a bipartisan commission by the end of the year to explore ideas such as a single-rate flat tax and a national sales tax. It is worrisome that one of the first issues that Bush has began talking about after winning the election is one to which he gave so little attention during his campaign...
...with that in mind, here's one idea that sounds one campfire short of singing Kumbayah: a group called Let's Talk America, which trains people to hold bipartisan meetings in which they can exchange ideas in a benevolent environment, has decided to focus on cleaning up after this election. It plans to place Op-Ed pieces and radio commentaries encouraging citizens with diverse views to hold monthly Let's Talk America days in their living rooms and town halls. The move may come off as earnest now, but it may simply look sensible if Americans end up feeling bruised...
There are a few items of conservative paraphernalia amidst the panoply of liberal items. Hidden Sweets stocks George W. Bush earrings and “Hillary in a Box.” And in the food section the theme becomes more bipartisan, stocking both Democratic and Republican BBQ Sauces...