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...want to be bipartisan, but there are going to be some things where you just don't agree with the other side. There are philosophical differences. Being realistic about how hard it is to make change for the benefit of the American people and still also be idealistic about the things we can do better, that's how we got here. That is how women got the right to vote. That's how African Americans got citizenship. That's how workers got the 40-hour workweek. That's how we're going to solve the problems that we face right...
...cold war with Russia. But the West, particularly the U.S., should continue to mobilize the international community to condemn Russia's behavior. Presidential candidates Barack Obama (whom I support) and John McCain should endorse President George W. Bush's efforts to oppose Russia's actions and form a bipartisan stand on this issue. It is unfortunate that some of the candidates' supporters are engaging in pointless criticism of each other's public statements on the Georgia crisis. This is too important for that...
...Hillary Clinton who planted the first doubts about Obama on the economy. The key theme: experience. "Hillary said she's the candidate for people who need a President," says Thomas Riehle, a partner at RT Strategies, a bipartisan polling firm in Washington. "In other words, people who don't need a President can afford to vote for Obama because he's exciting, represents change, etc." Which is why, Riehle says, Obama did so badly in some blue collar areas - places along the Ohio River, for example, where Clinton beat him by two- and three-to-one margins...
...argument among friends." That ad was watched on YouTube a measly 3,000 times over three months. Hardly anyone noticed when McCain launched a bio tour during the Democratic primaries to proclaim his devotion to service. When McCain visited the black belt of Alabama to burnish his bipartisan credentials, network news barely covered...
...promote "green collar" job development, like programs to retrofit public buildings to conserve energy. Obama also has a new take on traditional infrastructure spending, designed to limit cronyism: a $6 billion-per-year federal infrastructure bank, where loans to states and localities would have to be approved by a bipartisan board of governors appointed by the President and confirmed by Congress...